Distributions of envelope and phase in wind waves

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2784-2800

  Tayfun, M Aziz ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; JOINT DISTRIBUTIONS; MEAN SEA LEVELS; NON-LINEAR INTERACTIONS; NON-LINEAR WAVES; NORTH SEAS; SECOND ORDERS; SPECTRAL COMPONENTS; SURFACE DISPLACEMENTS; THEORETICAL EXPRESSIONS; THEORETICAL RESULTS; THIRD ORDER NON LINEARITIES; UPPER LIMITS; WAVE ENVELOPES; WAVE PHASE; WIND WAVES;

SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

WAVES;

NONLINEAR WAVE; OCEAN WAVE; THEORETICAL STUDY; WIND WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 65549124580     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO4008.1     Document Type: Article

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