Propagation of Atlantic Ocean swells in the north Indian Ocean: A case study

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3605-3615

  Samiksha, S V ^a   Vethamony, P ^a   Aboobacker, V M ^b   Rashmi, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER; DATA BUOY; EXTREME EVENT; OCEAN WAVE; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ARABIAN SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84870909115     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-3605-2012     Document Type: Article

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