Stochastic time-series simulation of wave parameters using ship observations

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1417-1432

  DelBalzo, Donald R ^a   Schultz, John R ^b   Earle, Marshall D ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^c PLANNING SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ocean waves; Ship observations; Wave data; Wave simulations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SHIPS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

WAVE PARAMETERS;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

MODELING; STOCHASTIC METHOD; WAVE BEHAVIOR;

PARAMETERIZATION; SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT; WAVE ACTION;

EID: 0037411919     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-8018(02)00120-8     Document Type: Article

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