Tsunami damping by mangrove forest: A laboratory study using parameterized trees

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 483-503

  Strusinska Correia A ^a   Husrin, S ^a,b   Oumeraci, H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Affair   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DAMPING; DRAG COEFFICIENT; MANGROVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SOLITARY WAVE; TSUNAMI; VEGETATION; WAVE ENERGY;

RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84874437078     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-483-2013     Document Type: Article

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