A probability distribution for depth-limited extreme wave heights in a sea state

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 878-882

  Méndez, Fernando J ^a   Castanedo, Sonia ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breaking waves; Depth limited; Joint distribution; Probability density function; Sea state; Surf zone; Wave height distribution

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BREAKING WAVE; WAVE HEIGHT DISTRIBUTION;

WATER WAVES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER WAVES;

BREAKING WAVE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEA STATE; SURF ZONE; WAVE HEIGHT;

EID: 36148968992     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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