On the dominance of pre-existing swells over wind seas along the west coast of India

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1701-1712

  Aboobacker, V M ^a   Rashmi, R ^a   Vethamony, P ^a   Menon, H B ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b GOA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Separation frequency; Swells; Tropical storm; West coast of India

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; COASTAL ZONE; DATA ACQUISITION; DOMINANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STORM; SWELL; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SPECTRUM; WIND WAVE;

ARABIAN SEA; GOA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 80052825453     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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