Nearshore wave height variation in unsaturated surf

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Power, H E ^a   Hughes, M G ^b   Aagaard, T ^c   Baldock, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES;

DATA SETS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; INNER SURF ZONES; NEAR-SHORE WAVES; NEARSHORES; OFFSHORE WAVES; SURF CONDITIONS; SURF ZONES; TIME-AVERAGED; WATER DEPTH; WAVE ANALYSIS; WAVE CLIMATES; WAVE EVOLUTION; WAVE HEIGHTS;

WATER WAVES;

BEACH; DATA SET; FIELDWORK; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SURF ZONE; WAVE CLIMATE; WAVE HEIGHT;

EID: 77956273097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005758     Document Type: Article

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