Estimation of extreme wave heights using GEOSAT measurements

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 205-225

  Panchang, Vijay ^a   Zhao, Liuzhi ^b   Demirbilek, Z ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b University of Maine   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; OCEAN ENGINEERING;

OCEAN WAVE HEIGHTS;

WATER WAVES;

SATELLITE IMAGERY; WAVE HEIGHT;

EID: 0345561633     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-8018(97)10026-9     Document Type: Article

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