Interannual and seasonal variations in nearshore wave characteristics off Honnavar, west coast of India

Current Science

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 286-292

  Chempalayil, Sajiv Philip ^a   Sanil Kumar, V ^a   Johnson, Glejin ^a   Udhaba Dora, G ^a   Vinayaraj, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Mixed sea state; Swell; Wave spectrum; Wind waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866608573     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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