Nonlinear wave statistics in a focal zone

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1948-1964

  Janssen, Tim T ^a   Herbers, T H C ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR SPECTRA; COMBINED EFFECT; EXTREME WAVE EVENTS; EXTREME WAVES; FOCAL ZONES; GAUSSIAN STATISTICS; MODEL STUDY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NARROW BANDS; NON-GAUSSIAN STATISTICS; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; NON-LINEARITY; NONLINEAR WAVES; OCEAN SURFACE WAVES; ROGUE WAVES; TOPOGRAPHICAL FEATURES; WAVE STATISTICS; WAVEFIELDS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS; SIMULATORS; SURFACE WAVES; WAVES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR WAVE; OCEAN WAVE; SIMULATION; SURFACE WAVE; WAVE FIELD;

EID: 70349741093     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4124.1     Document Type: Article

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