A nearshore wave energy atlas for Portugal

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 733-740

  Pontes, M T ^a   Aguiar, R ^a   Oliveira Pires, H ^b  

^a INETI   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Portugal; Wave Atlas; Wave Energy Resource

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC ATLAS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

BUOYS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SOLAR RADIATION; USER INTERFACES; WATER WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

WAVE POWER;

EID: 0344308319     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2003-37407     Document Type: Conference Paper

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