Estimation of wind speed and wave height during cyclones

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2239-2253

  Kumar, V Sanil ^a   Mandal, S ^a   Kumar, K Ashok ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Design wave height; Ocean waves; Spectral peak period; Storm wind fields; Young's model

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

WIND SPEED;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

CYCLONE; NUMERICAL MODEL; STORM; WAVE HEIGHT; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0142088904     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-8018(03)00076-3     Document Type: Article

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