Use of wavelet bicoherence in analyzing nonlinear wind-wave interaction during wave growth

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1593-1601

  Elsayed, Mohamed A K ^a,b  

^a State University   (United States)

^b Coastal Research Institute ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Morlet wavelet; Wave growth; Wavelet bispectrum

Indexed keywords

WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE VELOCITY; WAVELET; WIND WAVE; WIND-WAVE INTERACTION;

EID: 38349016436     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/05-0436R1     Document Type: Article

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