Rip characterisation on the Gold Coast, Australia: An analysis using coastal imaging techniques

17th Australasian Coastal and Ocean Engineering Conference 2005 and the 10th Australasian Port and Harbour Conference 2005, COASTS and PORTS 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 233-238

  Whyte, David ^a   Turner, Ian L ^b   Ranasinghe, Roshanka ^c  

^a Manly Hydraulics Laboratory   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Department of Infrastructure Planning and Natural Resources   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BEACH SAFETY; INCIDENT WAVES; NEARSHORE CIRCULATION; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; OFFSHORE WAVES; OPEN COASTS; PIXEL INTENSITIES; QUEENSLAND; RIP CURRENTS; SHORELINE CHANGE; STUDY AREAS; TEMPORAL PERSISTENCE; WAVE CONDITIONS;

BEACHES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OCEAN ENGINEERING; PORTS AND HARBORS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

WATER WAVES;

EID: 33645802491     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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