Analysis of potential impacts on coastal areas due to changes in wave conditions

Climatic Change

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 861-876

  Sierra, J P ^a,b   Casas Prat, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b International Centre of Coastal Resources Research   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PORTS AND HARBORS;

COASTAL STRUCTURES; LONGSHORE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; OVERTOPPING DISCHARGE; PHYSICAL PROCESS; POTENTIAL CHANGE; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; THREE CATEGORIES; WAVE CONDITIONS;

WATER WAVES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL STRUCTURE; COASTAL ZONE; DEEP WATER; SCOUR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SILTATION; WAVE CLIMATE; WAVE DIRECTION;

EID: 84902243106     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-014-1120-5     Document Type: Article

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