Recent developments in the geomorphic investigation of engineered tidal inlets

Coastal Engineering Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 565-600

  Fitzgerald, Duncan M ^a   Zarillo, Gary A ^b   Johnston, Shelley ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BATHYMETRY; COASTAL ZONES; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SEISMOLOGY; TSUNAMIS; WATER WAVES;

INFRARED BANDS; SATELLITE REMOTE IMAGERY; TIDAL INLETS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 1442336036     PISSN: 21664250     EISSN: 17936292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0578563403000920     Document Type: Article

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