Shapes of freak waves in the coastal zone of the Baltic Sea (Tallinn Bay)

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. A, 2011, Pages 138-148

  Didenkulova, Ira ^a,b  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 79951821163     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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