The California coastal wave monitoring and prediction system

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 116, Issue , 2016, Pages 118-132

  O'Reilly, W C ^a   Olfe, Corey B ^a   Thomas, Julianna ^a   Seymour, R J ^a   Guza, R T ^a  

^a INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Longshore radiation stress; Ocean waves; Wave buoys; Wave models; Wave refraction; Wave runup

Indexed keywords

BUOYS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; ERRORS; OCEAN CURRENTS; REFRACTION; WATER WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

RADIATION STRESS; WAVE BUOYS; WAVE MODELS; WAVE REFRACTION; WAVE RUNUP;

CLIMATE MODELS;

BUOYANCY; COASTAL ZONE; MONITORING SYSTEM; OCEAN WAVE; PREDICTION; REFRACTION; WAVE MODELING; WAVE RUNUP;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; SAN DIEGO COUNTY; SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84977273963     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2016.06.005     Document Type: Article

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