Alongshore momentum balances in the nearshore

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue C8, 1998, Pages 15667-15676

  Feddersen, Falk ^b   Guza, R T ^b   Elgar, Steve ^a   Herbers, T H C ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM STRESS; BREAKING WAVES; LONGSHORE CURRENT; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SURF ZONE; WIND STRESS;

EID: 17044441404     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jc01270     Document Type: Article

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