Simulating storm waves in the Irish Sea

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Maritime Engineering

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 57-64

  Elliott, A J ^a   Neill, S P ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydraulics hydrodynamics; Mathematical modelling; Weather

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORMS;

OFFSHORE WAVE; SEA DOMAIN; WEATHER; WIND SPEED;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORMS;

HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; STORM; WAVE MODELING; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA;

EID: 34547521191     PISSN: 17417597     EISSN: 17517737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/maen.2007.160.2.57     Document Type: Article

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