Some statistical characteristics of large deepwater waves around the Korean Peninsula

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 375-384

  Suh, Kyung Duck ^a   Kwon, Hyuk Dong ^a   Lee, Dong Young ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coastal structures; Design waves; Wave direction; Wave period; Wave spectrum

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VALUES; COASTAL STRUCTURES; DEEP-WATER WAVES; DESIGN WAVE; DIRECTIONAL SPREADING; EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; HINDCASTING; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MEAN VALUES; NORTH SEA; PEAK FREQUENCIES; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; SPECTRAL PEAK; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; TYPICAL VALUES; WAVE DIRECTION; WAVE MEASUREMENT; WAVE PERIOD;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SHORE PROTECTION; UNDERWATER FOUNDATIONS; WATER WAVE EFFECTS; WATER WAVES;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

COASTAL STRUCTURE; DEEP WATER; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; WATER WAVE; WAVE DIRECTION; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE SPECTRUM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; KOREA; NORTH SEA;

EID: 76949106510     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2009.10.016     Document Type: Article

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