Modeling waves, currents and sandbars on natural beaches: The effect of surface rollers

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-101

  Ribas, F ^a   de Swart, H E ^b   Calvete, D ^a   Falques A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coastal zone; Longshore currents; Longshore sediment transport; Nearshore bars; Rollers; Waves on beaches

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC CONDITIONS; FIELD DATA; LONGSHORE CURRENTS; LONGSHORE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; MIGRATION RATES; MODEL PARAMETERS; MORPHODYNAMIC MODELS; NEARSHORE BARS; NEARSHORES; NETHERLANDS; OBLIQUE WAVE; OFFSHORE WAVES; RE-SUSPENSION; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SELF-ORGANIZED PROCESS; SURFACE ROLLER; WAVE HEIGHTS; WIND SHEARS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BATHYMETRY; BEACHES; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; FEEDBACK; ROLLERS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SHEAR FLOW;

BATHYMETRY; BEACH; CALIBRATION; COASTAL ZONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; LONGSHORE CURRENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MORPHODYNAMICS; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESUSPENSION; SANDBAR; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVELENGTH; WIND FIELD;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 79959228676     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.02.016     Document Type: Article

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