Statistics of wave crests from models vs. measurements

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 463-473

  Prevosto, Marc ^a   Forristall, George Z ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WAVE CRESTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; SENSORS; STATISTICAL METHODS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0036438705     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2002-28443     Document Type: Conference Paper

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