Probability distribution of wave heights attenuated by salt marsh vegetation during tropical cyclone

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 82, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-55

  Jadhav, Ranjit S ^a   Chen, Qin ^b  

^a FTN Associates   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy dissipation; Rayleigh distribution; Salt marsh vegetation; Tropical cyclone; Wave height distribution; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; OBSERVED PROBABILITIES; RAYLEIGH DISTRIBUTIONS; SALT MARSHES; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WAVE HEIGHTS;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; HURRICANES; VEGETATION; WATER WAVES;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SALTMARSH; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE PROPAGATION; WEIBULL THEORY;

EID: 84883614943     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.08.006     Document Type: Article

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