Whitecapping and wave field evolution in a coastal bay

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Mulligan, R P ^b   Bowen, A J ^b   Hay, A E ^b   Van Der Westhuysen, A J ^c   Battjes, J A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; FLOW FIELDS;

ACOUSTIC BACKSCATTER; EXTRATROPICAL STORMS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; LOCAL EXPRESSION; NEARSHORES; NONSTATIONARY MODE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PHILLIPS; SIMULATING WAVES; SOURCE TERMS; SPECTRAL PEAK; SPECTRAL WAVE MODELS; SURFACE ELEVATIONS; SWELL PROPAGATION; WAVE SPECTRA; WAVE STEEPNESS; WAVEFIELDS; WHITE-CAPPING DISSIPATION; WHITECAPPING; WIND SEA; WIND SPEED;

WIND POWER;

COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISSIPATION; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SWELL; WAVE FIELD; WAVE MODELING;

EID: 51249117663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004382     Document Type: Article

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