Modeling of nonlinear wave propagation over fringing reefs

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1125-1137

  Sheremet, A ^a   Kaihatu, J M ^b   Su, S F ^a   Smith, E R ^c   Smith, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

^c US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear waves; Reef waves; Steep slopes

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; BREAKING CHARACTERISTICS; DETERMINISTIC MODELS; FAST WAVES; INFRAGRAVITY; INVERSE MODELING; MODEL PERFORMANCE; NONLINEAR WAVE PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR WAVES; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PARAMETRIZATIONS; SPECTRAL MODELS; STEEP SLOPE; STOCHASTIC APPROACH; WAVE CURRENT INTERACTION; WAVE TRANSFORMATIONS;

INVERSE PROBLEMS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

REEFS;

BATHYMETRY; FRINGING REEF; NONLINEAR WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; STOCHASTICITY; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION;

EID: 79961172081     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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