An automated image-based technique for tracking sequential surface wave profiles

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-173

  Yao, Aifeng ^a   Wu, Chin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Active contour model; Breaking waves; GVF snake; Imaging based technique; Wave impact; Wave profile

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEAN STRUCTURES;

CONTOUR MODELS; GRADIENT VECTOR FLOW (GVF); INTERFACIAL FLOWS; NUMERICAL MODELS;

SURFACE WAVES;

BREAKING WAVE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; TRACKING; WAVE FORCE;

SERPENTES;

EID: 10244240579     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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