Are wind wave heights increasing in south-eastern south American continental shelf between 32°S and 40°S?

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 481-490

  Dragani, W C ^a,b,d   Martin, P B ^a,b   Simionato, C G ^b,c   Campos, M I ^a  

^a Servicio de Hidrografia Naval   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Centro de Investigacion del Mar y la Atmosfera   (Argentina)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

South western Atlantic Ocean; SWAN model; Wind wave height trend

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COASTAL EROSION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SURFACE WIND; TIME SERIES; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE MODELING; WIND WAVE;

RIO DE LA PLATA;

EID: 77349121814     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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