Rip currents: Mechanisms and observations

Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 888-900

  Nelko, Varjola ^a   Dalrymple, Robert A ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; WATER LEVELS;

BEACH MORPHOLOGIES; MARYLAND; OFFSHORE BUOYS; RIP CURRENTS; VIDEO IMAGE; WAVE CONDITIONS;

BEACHES;

EID: 84873835481     PISSN: 01613782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1142/9789814277426_0075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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