Numerical modeling of low-frequency wave dynamics over a fringing coral reef

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 73, Issue , 2013, Pages 178-190

  Van Dongeren, Ap ^a   Lowe, Ryan ^b   Pomeroy, Andrew ^a,b,d   Trang, Duong Minh ^a,c   Roelvink, Dano ^a,c   Symonds, Graham ^e   Ranasinghe, Roshanka ^c,d  

^a DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Currents; Fringing reef; Hydrodynamics; Infragravity waves; Wave transformation; Waves

Indexed keywords

BED FRICTION; BOTTOM STRESS; CORAL REEF; DEPTH VARIATION; FIELD STUDIES; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; FRICTIONAL DAMPING; FRICTIONAL DISSIPATION; HIGH CURRENTS; HYDRODYNAMIC PROCESS; INFRAGRAVITY; INFRAGRAVITY WAVES; LOW-FREQUENCY WAVES; MEAN FLOW; MODEL CALIBRATION; MODEL STUDY; OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE; PHASE LAGS; SHORT WAVES; STUDY AREAS; SURF ZONES; TWO CHANNEL; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL; WATER DEPTH; WAVE DYNAMICS; WAVE SETUP; WAVE TRANSFORMATIONS; WAVE-DRIVEN CIRCULATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; FRICTION; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKES; NUMERICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; WATER LEVELS; WATER WAVES; WAVEFRONTS; WAVES;

REEFS;

BOTTOM STRESS; CALIBRATION; FRINGING REEF; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAGOON; MODEL TEST; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SURF ZONE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE ACTION;

AUSTRALIA; NINGALOO REEF; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84871375518     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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