A note on wave energy dissipation over steep beaches

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 711-716

  Janssen, T T ^a   Battjes, J A ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Random waves; Rayleigh distribution; Steep beach; Surf zone; Wave breaking

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

BULK DISSIPATION RATE; SURF ZONE; WAVE BREAKING;

BEACHES;

BEACHES; COASTAL ENGINEERING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; RAISED BEACH; RANDOM WAVE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SHORELINE; SURF ZONE; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE HEIGHT;

EID: 34548051583     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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