The wave climate of the Northeast Atlantic over the period 1955-1994: The WASA wave hindcast

Global Atmosphere and Ocean System

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-163

  Gunther H ^a   Rosenthal, W ^a   Stawarz, M ^a   Carretero, J C ^b   Gomez, M ^b   Lozano, I ^b   Serrano, O ^b   Reistad, M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Programa De Clima Marítimo Ente Público Puertos del Estado   (Spain)

^c Det Norske Meteorologiske Institutt   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extreme analysis; Long return period waves; Northeast Atlantic wave climate; Significant wave height; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; SURFACE WAVE; WAVE FIELD; WAVE MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 0032314286     PISSN: 10236732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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