Wave transformation and shoreline water level on Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 311-326

  Beetham, Edward ^a   Kench, Paul S ^b   O'Callaghan, Joanne ^b   Popinet, Stéphane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Atoll; Green Naghdi; runup; wave transformation

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHORELINE CHANGE; SWELLING; WATER LEVEL; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE FIELD; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE SETUP;

FUNAFUTI; TUVALU;

EID: 84959496787     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JC011246     Document Type: Article

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