Numerical experiments on the generation of long ocean waves in coastal waters of the Buenos Aires province, Argentina

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 699-712

  Dragani, Walter C ^a,b,c  

^a Servicio de Hidrografia Naval   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Atmospheric gravity waves; Atmospheric pressure forcing; Buenos Aires continental shelf; Numerical simulations; Shallow water waves; Wind stress forcing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COASTAL WATER; COLD FRONT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAVITY WAVE; NUMERICAL METHOD; OCEAN WAVE; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE VELOCITY;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; RIO DE LA PLATA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33847051634     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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