Wave attenuation due to Posidonia oceanica meadows

Journal of Hydraulic Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 503-514

  Sánchez González, José Francisco ^a   Sánchez Rojas, Virginia ^b   Memos, Constantine Demetrius ^c  

^a Centro de Estudios y Experimentacion de Obras Publicas   (Spain)

^b Ministry of Public Works   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Drag coefficient; physical model; Posidonia oceanica; vegetation field; wave damping

Indexed keywords

DRAG FORCES; EMPIRICAL PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; MODEL MATERIALS; PHYSICAL MODEL; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; RANDOM WAVES; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; TEST PROGRAMME; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE DAMPING; WAVE HEIGHT TRANSFORMATION; WAVE HEIGHTS; WAVE STEEPNESS;

REYNOLDS NUMBER; WATER WAVES;

DRAG COEFFICIENT;

DRAG COEFFICIENT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOM WAVE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE DAMPING; WAVE HEIGHT;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 84857569890     PISSN: 00221686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221686.2011.552464     Document Type: Article

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