Testing and calibrating parametric wave transformation models on natural beaches

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 224-235

  Apotsos, Alex ^a   Raubenheimer, Britt ^a   Elgar, Steve ^a   Guza, R T ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nearshore; Surfzone; Wave breaking; Wave models

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; ERRORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETERIZATION; WATER WAVES;

NEARSHORE; PARAMETRIC WAVE TRANSFORMATION; WAVE BREAKING;

BEACHES;

BEACHES; COASTAL ENGINEERING; ERRORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETERIZATION; WATER WAVES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; PARAMETERIZATION; SURF ZONE; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE MODELING;

EID: 38149026272     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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