Impact of a possible local wind change on the wave climate in the upper Río de la Plata

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1149-1157

  Dragani, Walter C ^a,b,c   Romero, Silvia I ^a,b  

^a Servicio de Hidrografia Naval   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

R o de la Plata; Wave climate; Wave height trend; Wave hindcasting; Wind change

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CLIMATOLOGY; REFRACTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

WAVE CLIMATE; WAVE HEIGHTS;

WIND;

LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; SEA BREEZE; WAVE HEIGHT; WIND FORCING; WIND WAVE; WIND-WAVE INTERACTION;

RIO DE LA PLATA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 3343001275     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1049     Document Type: Article

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