Validity of north shore, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands surf observations

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1127-1138

  Caldwell, Patrick C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Breaker height; Buoy data; Surf climatology; Visual observations

Indexed keywords

MODEL VALIDATION; SURF ZONE; WAVE BREAKING;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; OAHU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27744579875     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/03-0092.1     Document Type: Article

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