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FUNDAMENTAL WAVE [1 record]

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Record 1 2022-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
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The importance of topographic shelf waves for storm surges and storm-induced currents along the western coast of Norway was first demonstrated by Martinsen et al.... They applied a simple step shelf model and obtained tractable analytical expressions for the transient response due to moving wind fields. These expressions demonstrated clearly the important role of the fundamental continental-shelf wave mode for storm surges along the coast...

French

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  • Hydrologie et hydrographie

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