Synoptic forcing of wave states in the southeast Chukchi Sea, Alaska, at nearshore locations

Natural Hazards

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1273-1300

  Francis, Oceana P ^a   Atkinson, David E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chukchi Sea; Delong mountain terminal; Nearshore; Recording Doppler current profiler; Swell; Wind

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; FETCH; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; SWELL; WAVE DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; BERING SEA; BROOKS RANGE; CHUKCHI SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861691634     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0148-y     Document Type: Article

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