Wave and current regime off the southwest coast of India

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1167-1174

  Shahul Hameed, T S ^a   Kurian, N P ^a   Thomas, K V ^a   Rajith, K ^a   Prakash, T N ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES   (India)

Author keywords

Current direction; Currents speed; Multipeakedness; Peak period; Progressive vector plot of current; Significant wave height; Southwest coast of india; Spectral peakedness; Spectral width; Zero crossing period

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DIRECTION; CURRENT VELOCITY; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; EDDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WAVE HEIGHT;

ASIA; CHAVARA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KERALA; LAKSHADWEEP; QUILON; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 35348854546     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/04-0388.1     Document Type: Article

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