Wave hindcast for the New Zealand region: Nearshore validation and coastal wave climate

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 567-588

  Gorman, Richard M ^a   Bryan, Karin R ^a,b   Laing, Andrew K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coastal wave climate; New Zealand regional wave hindcast; Refraction modelling; Wave buoy data; Wave modelling

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; HINDCASTING; REFRACTION; WAVE CLIMATE; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0142052246     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2003.9517190     Document Type: Article

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