Violent wave overtopping at the coast, when are we safe?

International Conference on Coastal Management,Coastal Management 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 54-69

  Allsop, William ^a   Bruce, Tom ^b   Pearson, Jonathan ^b   Alderson, John ^c   Pullen, Tim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIFF PROTECTION; HAZARD WARNING SYSTEM; MARINE DRIVE, SCARBOROUGH; WAVE OVERTOPPING;

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; FORECASTING; HAZARDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RETAINING WALLS; STORMS;

WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

EID: 3042739512     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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