Extreme wave event along the Guyana coastline in October 2005

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 352-361

  van Ledden, Mathijs ^a   Vaughn, Geoffrey ^b   Lansen, Joost ^c   Wiersma, Frank ^d   Amsterdam, Mewburn ^b  

^a Haskoning Inc   (United States)

^b Guyana Sea Defences   (Guyana)

^c ROYAL HASKONINGDHV   (Netherlands)

^d Royal Haskoning   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Guyana; Mud banks; SWAN; Swell; Wave damping; Wind waves

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; HURRICANE; MUDBANK; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERTOPPING; SEA WALL; WATER WAVE; WAVE DIRECTION; WAVE HEIGHT;

GUYANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 57749116638     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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