The sheltering effect of the Balearic Islands in the hindcast wave field

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 603-610

  Ponce de Leon S ^a   Guedes Soares, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Balearic Islands; Mediterranean Sea; Sheltering effect of islands; Wave modelling; Waves; Wind

Indexed keywords

BALEARIC ISLANDS; HINDCASTS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEA STATE; SHELTERING EFFECT; SHORT PERIODS; THIRD GENERATION; WAVE MODELLING; WAVE MODELS; WAVEFIELDS; WIND SEA; WIND SPEED;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

HINDCASTING; STORM; WAVE FIELD; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE MODELING; WIND VELOCITY; WIND WAVE;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 77951134930     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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