A fourier-based method for the distribution of breaking crests from video observations

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1663-1671

  Thomson, Jim ^a   Jessup, Andrew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAKING WAVES; CONVENTIONAL ALGORITHMS; CREST LENGTH; DIRECT OBSERVATION; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FOURIER; PROCESS VIDEO; ROBUST STATISTICS; SPEED DISTRIBUTIONS; TIME DOMAIN; VIDEO IMAGE; WAVEBREAKING; WIND SPEED;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; WATER WAVES;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; BREAKING WAVE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM; WATER WAVE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 68949159365     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHO622.1     Document Type: Article

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