Uncertainty of the sea state parameters resulting from the methods of spectral estimation

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 991-1002

  Rodriguez G ^a   Guedes Soares, C ^b   Machado, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ocean wind waves; Spectral estimation methods; Spectral wave parameters; Statistical uncertainty; Wave height and periods

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SEA STATE PARAMETERS;

WATER WAVES;

SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND WAVE;

EID: 17044459550     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-8018(98)00027-4     Document Type: Article

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