Second-order theory and setup in surface gravity waves: A comparison with experimental data

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2726-2739

  Toffoli, Alessandro A ^a,d   Onorato, M ^b   Babanin, A V ^c   Bitner Gregersen, E ^d   Osborne, A R ^b   Monbaliu, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d DNV GL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER WAVES;

BISPECTRAL ANALYSIS; COUPLING COEFFICIENT; FINITE-DEPTH WAVE THEORY; SURFACE ELEVATION;

SURFACE WAVES;

GRAVITY WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SURFACE WAVE; WAVE GROUP; WAVE SPECTRUM;

EID: 38549088914     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3634.1     Document Type: Article

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