A note on nearshore wave features: Implications for wave generation

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 70, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 168-180

  Bolaños, Rodolfo ^a   Sánchez Arcilla, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

NW Mediterranean; Wave climate; Wave generation; Wave storms; Wind drag

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; DRAG; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

WAVE CLIMATE; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE STORMS; WIND DRAG;

WATER WAVES;

COAST; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; STORM; WAVE GENERATION; WIND WAVE; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33748146958     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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