Changes on coasts of western Estonia and Russian Gulf of Finland, caused by extreme storm Berit in November 2011

Ocean: Past, Present and Future - 2012 IEEE/OES Baltic International Symposium, BALTIC 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tonisson H ^a   Suursaar, U ^b   Suuroja, S ^c   Ryabchuk, D ^d   Orviku, K ^a   Kont, A ^a   Sergeev, Y ^d   Rivis, R ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c Geological Survey of Estonia   (Estonia)

^d A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; BEACH PROFILE; COASTAL CHANGE; ESTONIA; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FLOOD PROTECTION; GULF OF FINLAND; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; STUDY SITES; WAVE HINDCAST; WAVE MODELS; WAVE PARAMETERS; WAVE RUNUP; WIND DATA; WIND SPEED;

BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; GRAVEL; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; SEA LEVEL;

STORMS;

EID: 84867028046     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BALTIC.2012.6249193     Document Type: Conference Paper

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