Frequency and duration of coinciding high surf and tides alone the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii, 1981-2007

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 734-743

  Caldwell, Patrick C ^a   Vitousek, Sean ^b   Aucan, Jerome P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoy data; Coastal flooding and erosion; Tides; Wave run up; Wave wash

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SURF ZONE; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE RUNUP;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; OAHU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649534816     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/08-1004.1     Document Type: Review

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