Assessment of the changes induced by a wave energy farm in the nearshore wave conditions

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 50-61

  Bento, A Rute ^a   Rusu, Eugen ^a   Martinho, Paulo ^a   Soares, C Guedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coastal impact; Numerical models; Portuguese nearshore; Wave farms; Wave transformation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; NUMERICAL MODELS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COASTAL IMPACT; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; PORTUGUESE NEARSHORE; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE FARMS; WAVE TRANSFORMATIONS;

WATER WAVES;

COASTAL ZONE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE POWER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); LEIRIA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SAO PEDRO DE MOEL;

EID: 84949116810     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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