Identification of 'energetic' swell waves in a tidal strait

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 88, Issue , 2014, Pages 203-215

  Palmer, T ^a   Nicholls, R J ^b   Wells, N C ^c   Saulter, A ^a   Mason, T ^c  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal flooding; Overtopping; Spectral partitioning; Swell; Waves

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SWELL; TIDAL CYCLE;

ENGLISH CHANNEL;

EID: 84908038396     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2014.08.004     Document Type: Article

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