Field observations of waves generated by passing ships: A note

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 369-375

  Velegrakis, A F ^a   Vousdoukas, M I ^a   Vagenas, A M ^a   Karambas, Th ^a   Dimou, K ^a   Zarkadas, Th ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Beach sediment mobility; Image processing of waves; Nearshore waves; Ship waves

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; IMAGE PROCESSING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHIPS; VIDEO RECORDING;

NEARSHORE WAVES; SHIP WAVES; WIND WAVE;

WATER WAVES;

BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; IMAGE PROCESSING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHIPS; VIDEO RECORDING; WATER WAVES;

IMAGE PROCESSING; MORPHODYNAMICS; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; WAVE GENERATION; WIND WAVE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; LESBOS; NORTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947245943     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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