Observation and analysis of coastal changes in the West Estonian Archipelago caused by storm Ulli (Emil) in January 2012

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 65, 2013, Pages 832-837

  Tõnisson, Hannes ^a   Suursaar, Ülo ^b   Rivis, Reimo ^a   Kont, Are ^a   Orviku, Kaarel ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Coastal processes; Extreme storm; Nearshore hydrodynamics; Overwash; Sediment transport; Storm surge

Indexed keywords

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL EROSION; DATA ACQUISITION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HINDCASTING; STORM DAMAGE; WAVE FORCE; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE MODELING; WIND DIRECTION;

ARCHIPELAGO SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; ESTONIA;

EID: 84883773020     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/SI65-141     Document Type: Conference Paper

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