Statistical and uncertainty analysis of longshore sediment transport evaluations for the egyptian northern coast: A case study application

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1002-1014

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

^a Alexandria University The Faculty Of Engineering   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bootstrap analysis; Cerc formula; Egyptian northern coast; Kamphuis formula; Longshore transport evaluations; SWAN model; Uncertainty in occurrence probability; Van rijn formula; Wave altimeter data; Wave nearshore transformation

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; PORT SAID [EGYPT];

EID: 68749088536     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/08-1018.1     Document Type: Article

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