Cross-shore variation of long-term average longshore current velocity in the nearshore zone

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 491-502

  Kuriyama, Yoshiaki ^a   Ito, Yoshimasa ^b   Yanagishima, Shinichi ^a  

^a PORT AND AIRPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Ecoh Co Ltd ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Longshore current; Nearshore zone; Surf zone; Wave; Wind

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DIRECTION; CURRENT VELOCITY; DATA SET; LONGSHORE CURRENT; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SURF ZONE; WAVE HEIGHT; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 38149117132     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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