Statistics of wave crests from models vs. measurements

Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-50

  Prevosto, Marc ^a   Forristall, George Z ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; SENSORS; WAVES;

CREST HEIGHTS; WAVE MODELS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAVE HEIGHT;

EID: 2142769852     PISSN: 08927219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1641795     Document Type: Article

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