A field test of a linear stability model for crescentic bars

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-51

  Tiessen, M C H ^a   van Leeuwen, S M ^a   Calvete, D ^b   Dodd, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crescentic bed patterns; Field observations; Linear stability analysis; Tide

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERS; CRESCENTIC BED PATTERNS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FIELD RESEARCH; FIELD TEST; LARGE LENGTH-SCALE; LENGTH SCALE; LINEAR STABILITY MODEL; MODEL PREDICTION; MODEL RESULTS; NORTH CAROLINA , USA; PATTERN LENGTH; PHYSICALLY BASED; QUANTITATIVE PREDICTION; RIP CHANNELS; TIDAL LEVEL; WAVE CONDITIONS;

ALGORITHMS; FORECASTING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LANDFORMS; STORMS;

LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; BAR; BATHYMETRY; BEDFORM; COASTAL LANDFORM; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN TIDE; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

DUCK; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449674207     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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