Modelling storm-induced beach morphological change in a meso-tidal, reflective beach using XBeach

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 64, 2011, Pages 1916-1920

  Vousdoukas, M I ^a   Almeida, L P ^b   Ferreira, O ^b  

^a Forschungszentrum Küste ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Beach erosion; Coastal storms; Sediment transport; XBeach

Indexed keywords

BEACH EROSION; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BERM; CALIBRATION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; STORM; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION;

FARO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84857407278     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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