Modulational instability and non-Gaussian statistics in experimental random water-wave trains

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Onorato, M ^a   Osborne, A R ^a   Serio, M ^a   Cavaleri, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACES;

GAUSSIAN STATISTICS; MODULATIONAL INSTABILITY; WAVE TRAINS;

STABILITY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 23044506610     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1946769     Document Type: Article

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