Influence of wind resolution on the prediction of waves generated in an Estuary

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 56, 2009, Pages 1419-1423

  Rusu, L ^a   Bernardino, M ^a   Guedes Soares, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

SWAN model; Tagus estuary; Wind waves modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651473269     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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