Modelling the influence of currents on wave propagation at the entrance of the Tagus estuary

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1174-1183

  Rusu, L ^a   Bernardino, M ^a   Guedes Soares, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Currents; Estuary; Interactions; Numerical models; Waves

Indexed keywords

HIGH RESOLUTION; MODEL RESULTS; NEAR-SHORE WAVES; NUMERICAL MODELS; TAGUS ESTUARY; TIDE LEVELS; TWO-STATE; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE MEASUREMENT; WAVE MODELS; WAVE PREDICTIONS;

WAVE PROPAGATION;

ESTUARIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN TIDE; OCEANIC CURRENT; PREDICTION; WAVE MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION;

LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; TAGUS ESTUARY;

EID: 79959926367     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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