Investigation of wave growth and decay in the SWAN model: Three regional-scale applications

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 366-389

  Rogers, W Erick ^a   Hwang, Paul A ^a   Wang, David W ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAKES; WAVE EFFECTS;

WAVE GROWTH;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE MODELING;

EID: 0141856493     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<0366:IOWGAD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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