SWAN predictions of waves observed in shallow water onshore of complex bathymetry

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 510-516

  Gorrell, L ^a   Raubenheimer, B ^a   Elgar, Steve ^a   Guza, R T ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling; Refraction; Waves

Indexed keywords

BUOY OBSERVATIONS; DIRECTIONAL WAVES; MODEL ASSUMPTIONS; MODELING; NARROW BANDS; NEAR-SHORE WAVES; NONLINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; RADIATION STRESS; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SHALLOW WATERS; SOUTH-TO-NORTH; SPECTRAL PEAK; SUBMARINE CANYON; SWAN MODEL; WATER DEPTH; WAVE DIRECTION; WAVE ENERGY SPECTRA; WAVE HEIGHTS; WAVE PROPERTIES;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; ENERGY TRANSFER; FORECASTING; SPECTROSCOPY; WATER WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

REFRACTION;

BATHYMETRY; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SHALLOW WATER; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE MODELING;

EID: 79953742144     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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