Freak Waves: Clues for Prediction in Ship Accidents?

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1368-1374

  Toffoli, Alessandro ^a   Lefevre, Jean Michel ^b   Monbaliu, Jaak ^a   Savina, Henri ^b   Bitner Gregersen, Elzbieta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Meteo France   (France)

^c DNV GL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Freak waves; Ship accidents

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; MARINE APPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIPS;

ABNORMAL WAVES; WAVE PARAMETERS;

WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0942266611     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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