Wave Crest Sensor Intercomparison Study: An overview of WACSIS

Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-34

  Forristall, George Z ^a   Barstow, Stephen F ^b   Krogstad, Harald E ^c   Prevosto, Marc ^d   Taylor, Paul H ^e   Tromans, Peter S ^f  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b Oceanographic Company of Norway   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d IFREMER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f Peter Tromans Engineering   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; SENSORS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WAVES;

CREST HEIGHTS; PARAMETERIZATIONS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING;

SENSOR; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 2142715558     PISSN: 08927219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1641388     Document Type: Article

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