Bottom friction and wind drag for wave models

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 65, Issue , 2012, Pages 19-26

  Zijlema, M ^a   Van Vledder, G Ph ^a   Holthuijsen, L H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bottom friction; JONSWAP; SWAN; Texel storm; Wave modelling; Wind drag

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM FRICTION; EMPIRICAL COEFFICIENTS; FRICTION LAWS; HIGH WINDS; JONSWAP; LOW-FREQUENCY WAVES; SEVERE STORMS; SHALLOW WATERS; SWAN; TIDAL INLET; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS; WAVE MODELLING; WAVE MODELS;

FRICTION; STORMS; TRIBOLOGY;

DRAG;

DRAG; FRICTION; SHALLOW WATER; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WAVE MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND FORCING;

EID: 84859915730     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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