Estimating steep wave statistics using a wave gauge array

Applied Ocean Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-38

  Scott, Nicholas ^a,b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breaking waves; Doppler shift; Morlet wavelet analysis; Steep wave statistic; Surface elevation; Wave gauge; Wave groups; Wave slope threshold

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; ESTIMATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE WAVES; WATER WAVES; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

BREAKING WAVES; MORLET WAVELET ANALYSIS; STEEP WAVE STATISTICS; SURFACE ELEVATION; WAVE GAUGE; WAVE GROUPS; WAVE SLOPE THRESHOLD;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BREAKING WAVE; DOPPLER EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVELET;

EID: 30344438255     PISSN: 01411187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apor.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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