Observations of surf beat forcing and dissipation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Henderson, Stephen M ^a   Bowen, A J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dissipation; Infragravity; Nearshore; Nonlinear; Waves

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; GRAVITY WAVE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SURF ZONE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DUCK; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037113510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000498     Document Type: Article

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