The Southern Oscillation Index, wave climate, and beach rotation

Marine Geology

Volumn 204, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 273-287

  Ranasinghe, Roshanka ^a   McLoughlin, Rodney ^a   Short, Andrew ^b   Symonds, Graham ^c  

^a Centre for Natural Resources   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beach rotation; Narrabeen Beach; Palm Beach; Southern Oscillation Index; Video imaging

Indexed keywords

BEACH ROTATION; WAVE CLIMATE;

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; EROSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; ROTATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORMS; WAVE EFFECTS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BEACH FEATURE; ROTATION; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; WAVE CLIMATE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 1842590465     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(04)00002-7     Document Type: Article

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