Predicting significant wave height off the northeast coast of the United States

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 1328-1335

  Andreas, Edgar L ^a   Wang, Sinny ^b  

^a Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoy data; Fully developed sea; Ocean waves; Significant wave height; Wave modeling

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BUOYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND;

WATER DEPTH; WAVE HEIGHT; WIND SPEED;

WATER WAVES;

BATHYMETRY; BUOYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER WAVES; WIND;

BUOY SYSTEM; NUMERICAL METHOD; PREDICTION; WATER DEPTH; WAVE HEIGHT; WIND VELOCITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34147159408     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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