Wave energy assessments in the coastal environment of Portugal continental

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages 761-772

  Rusu, Eugen ^a   Soares, C Guedes ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; DEEP WATER; ENERGY DENSITY SPECTRUM; GROUP VELOCITIES; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; NEARSHORES; NUMERICAL MODELS; PORTUGAL; PORTUGUESE NEARSHORE; POWER RESOURCES; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIFIC AREAS; SPECIFIC SITES; WAVE CLIMATES; WAVE CONDITIONS; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE ENERGY ASSESSMENTS; WAVE ENERGY DEVICES; WAVE HEIGHTS; WAVE MODELS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CLIMATE MODELS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; LOCATION; MECHANICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; WATER WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE POWER;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 77957989671     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2008-57820     Document Type: Conference Paper

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