Analysis of abnormal wave records by the Hilbert-Huang transform method

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1678-1689

  Veltcheva, Albena D ^a,b   Guedes Soares, C ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^b ECOH Corporation ^*  (Japan)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY MODULATION; HILBERT SPACES; WAVE FUNCTIONS; WAVELET DECOMPOSITION;

HILBERT-HUANG TRANSFORM; INTRINSIC MODE FUNCTIONS; NORTH SEA;

WATER WAVES;

FREQUENCY MODULATION; HILBERT SPACES; WATER WAVES; WAVE FUNCTIONS; WAVELET DECOMPOSITION;

AMPLITUDE; NONLINEARITY; OCEAN WAVE; OSCILLATION; WAVE MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 35348825512     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH2067.1     Document Type: Article

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