The growth of fetch limited waves in water of finite depth. Part 1. Total energy and peak frequency

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 47-78

  Young, I R ^a   Verhagen, L A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ROYAL HASKONINGDHV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WIND;

FETCH LIMITED WIND WAVE GROWTH IN WATER; NONDIMENSIONAL DEPTH; NONDIMENSIONAL TOTAL ENERGY; PEAK FREQUENCY; TOTAL SPECTRAL ENERGY; WIND SPEED; WIND WAVE SPECTRA;

WATER WAVES;

MODELLING; WIND WAVES;

EVOLUTION; FETCH; FINITE WATER DEPTH; WIND WAVES;

EID: 0030423857     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3839(96)00006-3     Document Type: Article

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