Hydrodynamic atlas for Kuwaiti territorial waters

Kuwait Journal of Science and Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 1 A, 2007, Pages 143-156

  Rakha, K A ^a   Al Salem, K ^a   Neelamani, S ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; Hydrodynamic atlas; Hydrodynamic modeling; Tidal currents; Wave conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 64349103997     PISSN: 10248684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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