On estimating extreme wave heights using combined Geosat, Topex/Poseidon and ERS-1 altimeter data

Applied Ocean Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 167-186

  Alves, Jose Henrique G M ^a   Young, Ian R ^b  

^a NCEP/NOAA   (United States)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; SATELLITES; WAVE EFFECTS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

THRESHOLD METHOD; WAVE HEIGHTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ERS-1; GEOSAT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TOPEX-POSEIDON; WAVE HEIGHT; WEIBULL THEORY;

EID: 2142806926     PISSN: 01411187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apor.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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