Influence of mean water depth and a subsurface sandbar on the onset and strength of wave breaking

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 950-960

  Song, Jin Bao ^a   Banner, Michael L ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); TOPOLOGY; WATER WAVES; WAVE EFFECTS;

SANDBAR; SUBSURFACE; WATER DEPTH;

BATHYMETRY;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; SANDBAR; WATER DEPTH; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 2442716147     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<0950:IOMWDA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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