Spatial trends in tidal flat shape and associated environmental parameters in South San Francisco Bay

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 342-349

  Bearman, Joshua A ^a   Friedrichs, Carl T ^a   Jaffe, Bruce E ^b   Foxgrover, Amy C ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concavity; Convexity; Eigenfunction analysis; EOF; Morphodynamics; Mudflat

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DATA SET; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EIGENVALUE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARY; FETCH; LIDAR; MORPHODYNAMICS; MUDFLAT; PARAMETERIZATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIDAL FLAT;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949800197     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/08-1094.1     Document Type: Article

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