Modeling storms improves estimates of long-term shoreline change

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 20, 2009, Pages

  Frazer, L Neil ^a   Anderson, Tiffany R ^a   Fletcher, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONG-TERM TREND; LOSS RATES; MODEL AVERAGING; SHORELINE CHANGE; SHORELINE CHANGE MODEL; SHORELINE POSITION; WEIGHTED AVERAGE MODELS;

STORMS;

ACCRETION; DATA SET; EROSION RATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHORELINE CHANGE; STORM;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 72149125605     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040061     Document Type: Article

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