A 40 years hindcast of wind, sea level and waves in European waters

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 669-675

  Guedes Soares, Carlos ^a   Weisse, Ralf ^b   Carretero, Juan Carlos ^c   Alvarez, Enrique ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c Puertos del Estado   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WAVE CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SEA LEVEL; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER WAVES; WIND;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036442251     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2002-28604     Document Type: Conference Paper

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