Numerical modeling of infragravity wave response during DELILAH

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Van Dongeren, Ap ^a   Reniers, Ad ^a   Battjes, Jurjen ^a   Svendsen, Ib ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Edge waves; Infragravity waves; Low frequency waves; Numerical modeling DELILAH field campaign; Wave group forcing

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; WAVE GROUP; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION;

DUCK; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346275142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001332     Document Type: Article

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