Wave transformation and longshore sediment transport evaluation for the egyptian northern coast, via extending modern formulae

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 755-767

  Khalifa, Ma ^a   Ganainy, M A El ^b   Nasr, R I ^b  

^a Alexandria University The Faculty Of Engineering   (Egypt)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerc formula; Correction factors; Egyptian northern coast; Kamphuis formula; Longshore transport evaluation; Swan model; Van rijn formula; Wave altimeter data; Wave nearshore transformation

Indexed keywords

ERROR CORRECTION; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL METHOD; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE MODELING;

AFRICA; EGYPT; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [EGYPT]; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 67649610970     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/08-1016.1     Document Type: Article

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