Coastline configuration disrupts the effects of large-scale climatic forcing, leading to divergent temporal trends in wave exposure

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 643-648

  Davies, Andrew J ^a   Johnson, Mark P ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climatic changes; Ireland; NAO; scales; Strangford Lough; wave action; wind wave generation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; COAST; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; WAVE ACTION;

EID: 33748464317     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.05.012     Document Type: Article

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