Tide-induced variations in surface temperature and water-table depth in the intertidal zone of a sandy beach

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1370-1381

  Li, Ling ^a,b   Horn, Diane P ^c   Baird, Andrew J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beach ecology; Beach hydrology; Beach processes modeling; Beach surface temperature; Infrared imagining

Indexed keywords

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BEACH PROFILE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER TABLE;

EID: 33845720334     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/04-0202.1     Document Type: Article

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