An alert system for beach hazard management in the Balearic Islands

Coastal Management

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 569-584

  Alvarez Ellacuria, Amaya ^a   Orfila, Alejandro ^a   Olabarrieta, Maitane ^b   Gómez Pujol, Luís ^a   Medina, Raúl ^b   Tintoré, Joaquín ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beach hazard index; Beach safety; Nearshore hydrodynamics

Indexed keywords

ALERT SYSTEMS; BALEARIC ISLANDS; BEACH SAFETY; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DEEP-WATER WAVES; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LOCAL AUTHORITIES; LOCAL CONDITIONS; LOCAL HYDRODYNAMICS; NEAR-SHORE WAVES; NEARSHORE HYDRODYNAMICS; NEARSHORES; SAFETY CONDITION; SHALLOW WATER WAVES; WAVE HEIGHTS; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALARM SYSTEMS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HAZARDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MINES; WATER WAVES; WAVES;

BEACHES;

BEACH; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SAFETY; SHALLOW WATER; WARNING SYSTEM;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 70349659482     PISSN: 08920753     EISSN: 15210421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08920750903150662     Document Type: Article

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