The large-scale influence of the Great Barrier Reef matrix on wave attenuation

Coral Reefs

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1167-1178

  Gallop, Shari L ^a   Young, Ian R ^b   Ranasinghe, Roshanka ^b,c,d   Durrant, Tom H ^e   Haigh, Ivan D ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^d DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^e BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral; Offshore reef; Satellite altimetry; Wave dissipation; Wave transmission

Indexed keywords

MATRIX; POROSITY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE HEIGHT; WIND VELOCITY;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84919951949     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: 14320975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-014-1205-7     Document Type: Article

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