Distribution of crest heights in sea states with abnormal waves

Applied Ocean Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 235-245

  Petrova, P ^a   Cherneva, Z ^a   Guedes Soares, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Abnormal wave; Crest height distribution; Short term distribution

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ABNORMAL WAVES; CREST HEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; URSELL NUMBER; WAVE CRESTS;

WATER WAVES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER WAVES;

SEA STATE; STORM; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 33847310305     PISSN: 01411187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apor.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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