Observations and estimates of wave-driven water level extremes at the Marshall Islands

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 7245-7253

  Merrifield, M A ^a   Becker, J M ^a   Ford, M ^b   Yao, Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

coral reefs; extreme water levels

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; OCEAN CURRENTS; REEFS; SEA LEVEL; WATER WAVES;

BREAKING WAVES; CORAL REEF; EXTREME WAVES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FRINGING REEFS; INFRA-GRAVITY WAVES; SEA LEVEL RISE; THRESHOLD LEVELS;

WATER LEVELS;

COAST; ESTIMATION METHOD; FRINGING REEF; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATER LEVEL; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE HEIGHT;

MARSHALL ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84911371526     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061005     Document Type: Article

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