Wave attenuation by flexible, idealized salt marsh vegetation

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-92

  Anderson, M E ^a   Smith, J M ^a  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Drag coefficient; Equilibrium range; Spartina alterniflora; Vegetation damping; Wave dissipation; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT; EMERGENT CONDITIONS; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; FUNCTION OF FREQUENCY; PROTECTION POTENTIAL; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; WAVE DISSIPATION;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHORE PROTECTION; VEGETATION; WATER WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WETLANDS;

DRAG COEFFICIENT;

DRAG COEFFICIENT; LABORATORY METHOD; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; PARAMETERIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SALTMARSH; SHORELINE; VEGETATION COVER; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE HEIGHT;

EID: 84887011180     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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