Generation of extreme wave conditions from an accelerating tropical cyclone

Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 752-760

  Callaghan, David P ^a   Callaghan, Jeff ^b   Nielsen, Peter ^a   Baldock, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; HURRICANES; TROPICS; WATER WAVES;

EXTREME WAVES; GENERATION PROCESS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WAVE CONDITIONS; WAVE HEIGHTS; WAVEFIELDS; WIND FIELD;

STORMS;

EID: 84873020173     PISSN: 01613782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812709554_0064     Document Type: Conference Paper

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