Statistical properties of global significant wave heights and their use for validation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C1, 1998, Pages 1153-1166

  Bauer, Eva ^a   Staabs, Christoph ^b  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE MODEL;

EID: 0031903523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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