Modeling formation and subsequent nonlinear evolution of rip channels: Time-varying versus time-invariant wave forcing

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Castelle, B ^a   Ruessink, B G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHODYNAMICS; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN WAVE; SHOALING WAVE; WAVE FORCE;

EID: 80155211613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JF001997     Document Type: Article

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