Effects of reef roughness on wave setup and surf zone currents

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 65, 2013, Pages 2005-2010

  Franklin, Gemma ^a   Mariño Tapia, Ismael ^a   Torres Freyermuth, Alec ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fringing reef; Nikuradse; RANS; Undertow

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BED ROUGHNESS; COASTAL LAGOON; CORAL REEF; FRINGING REEF; LARVA; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURF ZONE; TURBULENCE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNDERTOW; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE SETUP;

EID: 84883784590     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/SI65-339     Document Type: Conference Paper

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