On the effectiveness of mangroves in attenuating cyclone - Induced waves

Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Narayan, Siddharth ^a   Suzuki, Tomohiro ^b   Stive, Marcel J F ^b   Verhagen, Henk Jan ^b   Ursem, W N J ^c   Ranasinghe, Roshanka ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cyclone; Kanika Sands; Mangroves; Vegetation Factor; Wave Attenuation

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENTS; GENERIC ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; INDUCED WAVES; MANGROVES; VEGETATION PARAMETERS; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE HEIGHTS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; STORMS;

VEGETATION;

EID: 84864428284     PISSN: 01613782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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