Transformation model of wave height distribution on planar beaches

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 97-115

  Mendez, Fernando J ^a   Losada, Inigo J ^a   Medina, Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breaking waves; Probability density function; Rayleigh distribution; Shallow foreshore; Surf zone; Wave height distribution; Wave propagation model

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WAVE EFFECTS;

WAVE HEIGHT DISTRIBUTION;

BEACHES;

COASTAL ZONE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SURF ZONE; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0346505235     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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