Return period of nonlinear high wave crests

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Arena, Felice ^a   Pavone, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS; STORMS; WATER WAVES;

NONLINEAR WAVE; OCEAN WAVE; STORM; WAVE HEIGHT;

EID: 33847265830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003407     Document Type: Article

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