Numerically simulating non-Gaussian sea surfaces

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 68-72

  Vanhoff, Barry ^a   Elgar, Steve ^a   Guza, R T ^b  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NON-GAUSSIAN; SEA SURFACE; TIME SERIES; WAVE MODELLING;

EID: 0030849359     PISSN: 0733950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(1997)123:2(68)     Document Type: Article

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