Nonlinear saturation-based whitecapping dissipation in SWAN for deep and shallow water

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-170

  van der Westhuysen, André J ^a   Zijlema, Marcel ^a   Battjes, Jurjen A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Combined wind sea and swell; SWAN; Wave period; Whitecapping dissipation; Wind wave spectra

Indexed keywords

FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

SHALLOW WATER; SIMULATING WAVES NEARSHORE; WAVE PERIOD; WHITECAPPING DISSIPATION;

SEAWATER;

FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEAWATER; WATER WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

DEEP WATER; DISSIPATION; GROWTH CURVE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NONLINEARITY; SHALLOW WATER; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WIND-WAVE INTERACTION;

EID: 33751320898     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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