Trend analysis of wave storminess: Wave direction and its impact on harbour agitation

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2327-2340

  Casas Prat, M ^a   Sierra, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; HARBOR; STORM SURGE; TREND ANALYSIS; WAVE DIRECTION; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

CATALAN SEA; CATALONIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

EID: 78649407360     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-10-2327-2010     Document Type: Article

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