Characteristics of abnormal waves in North Sea storm sea states

Applied Ocean Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 337-344

  Guedes Soares, C ^a   Cherneva, Z ^a   Antao, E M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Abnormal waves; Gaussian process; Skewness

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; STORMS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND;

ABNORMAL WAVES; SKEWNESS; WIND WAVES;

WAVES;

ASYMMETRY; STORM; WIND WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 3242725294     PISSN: 01411187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apor.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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