Monte Carlo simulations of nonlinear ocean wave records with implications for models of breaking waves

Journal of Ship Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-134

  Pierson Jr , Willard J ^a   Jean Pierre, Azed ^b  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b City College of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NAVAL ARCHITECTURE; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

BREAKING WAVES; FREQUENCY SPECTRUM; KURTOSIS; LINEAR MODEL; NONLINEAR OCEAN WAVE RECORDS; NONLINEAR PROPERTIES; SKEWNESS;

WATER WAVES;

EID: 0032680859     PISSN: 00224502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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