Relative role of subinertial and superinertial modes in the coastal long wave response forced by the landfall of a tropical cyclone

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 929-938

  Ke, Ziming ^a   E Yankovsky, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental shelf waves; Edge waves; Hurricane Wilma; Landfall; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; COAST; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EDGE WAVE; FLOODING; HURRICANE WILMA 2005; LONGSHORE CURRENT; SHELF WAVE; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND FIELD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA SHELF;

EID: 79955708232     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.02.015     Document Type: Article

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