Investigation of the long-term wind and wave spectral climate of the Mediterranean Sea

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-39

  Stefanakos, Ch N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Long term spectral density; Mediterranean Sea; Non stationary wind and wave data

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PARAMETERIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVE EFFECTS; SPECTRAL DENSITY; STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

LONG-TERM SPECTRAL DENSITY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NON-STATIONARY WIND AND WAVE DATA;

WIND; OCEAN CURRENTS;

CYCLOSTATIONARY; GEOGRAPHIC PARAMETERIZATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NON-STATIONARY SERIES; NON-STATIONARY STOCHASTIC PROCESS; PERIODIC COMPONENTS; STANDARD DEVIATION; WAVE DATA;

EID: 40549105439     PISSN: 14750902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/14750902JEME64     Document Type: Article

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