Factors controlling vulnerability to storm impacts along the catalonian coast

Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference

Volumn 2005-January, Issue , 2005, Pages 3087-3099

  Mendoza, E Tonatiuh ^a   Jiménez, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; COASTAL ENGINEERING; EROSION; FLOODS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

DISSIPATIVE BEACHES; DRIVING FORCES; ENERGY CONTENT; FIRST ORDER; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STORM IMPACTS; STORM SURGES; WAVE CHARACTERISTICS;

STORMS;

EID: 84950336576     PISSN: 01613782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812701916-0249     Document Type: Conference Paper

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