On estimating extremes in an evolving wave field

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-163

  Magnusson, A K ^a   Donelan, M A ^b   Drennan, W M ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoy measurements; Extreme waves; Rayleigh distribution; Wave evolution; Wave forces on structures; Wave groups

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; BUOYS; SURFACE WATERS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EXTREME WAVES; RAYLEIGH DISTRIBUTION; WAVE EVOLUTION;

WATER WAVES;

ANALYSIS; STORM; WAVE GROUP; WAVE HEIGHT;

ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTREME EVENT; NUMERICAL METHOD; WAVE HEIGHT;

EID: 0033048159     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3839(99)00004-6     Document Type: Article

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