A validation of an operational wave and surge prediction system for the Dutch coast

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1231-1242

  Sembiring, L ^a,b   Van Ormondt, M ^b   Van Dongeren, A ^b   Roelvink, D ^a,b  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; OCEAN TIDE; OCEAN WAVE; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; SWELL; WATER LEVEL; WAVE MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84934981761     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-15-1231-2015     Document Type: Article

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