Observations of landfalling wave spectra during hurricane ike

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 142-145

  Kennedy, Andrew B ^a   Gravois, Uriah ^b   Zachry, Brian ^c,d  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c AIR Worldwide   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricanes; Water waves; Wave spectra

Indexed keywords

FINITE DEPTH; LANDFALLING; MULTIPLE-PEAK; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; SPECTRAL SHAPES; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WATER DEPTH; WAVE PROPERTIES; WAVE SPECTRA;

GAGES; STORMS; WATER WAVES;

HURRICANES;

GAUGE; HURRICANE IKE 2008; STORM SURGE; WATER DEPTH; WATER WAVE; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE PROPERTY; WAVE SPECTRUM;

EID: 79955816257     PISSN: 0733950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000081     Document Type: Article

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