Interaction of monsoonal wave, current and tide near Gopalpur, east coast of India, and their impact on beach profile: A case study

Natural Hazards

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1145-1159

  Mishra, P ^a   Patra, S K ^b   Murthy, M V Ramana ^b   Mohanty, P K ^c   Panda, U S ^a  

^a Ministry of Earth Sciences   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^c BERHAMPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Beach profile; Coastal erosion; Gopalpur; India; Wave

Indexed keywords

BEACH PROFILE; COASTAL EROSION; GPS; KINEMATICS; MONSOON; OCEAN TIDE; OCEAN WAVE; OCEANIC CURRENT; REAL TIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAVE HEIGHT;

GOPALPUR; INDIA; ORISSA;

EID: 80053572720     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9826-4     Document Type: Article

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