Improved joint probability distribution for ocean wave heights and periods

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 503, Issue , 2004, Pages 273-297

  Stansell, Paul ^a   Wolfram, Julian ^b   Linfoot, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STORMS; WATER WAVES;

GAUSSIAN RANDOM THEORY; LOCAL WAVE PERIOD;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; OCEANOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; WAVE;

EID: 1842637644     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211200400802X     Document Type: Article

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