Nonlinear four-wave interactions and freak waves

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 863-884

  Janssen, Peter A E M ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

FREAK WAVES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EXTREME EVENT; GRAVITY WAVE; WAVE SPECTRUM; WAVE-WAVE INTERACTION;

EID: 0141749366     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)33<863:NFIAFW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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