Wave modeling and extreme value analysis off the northern coast of the Persian Gulf

Applied Ocean Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-218

  Moeini, M H ^a   Etemad Shahidi, A ^a   Chegini, V ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b Iranian National Center for Oceanography   (Iran)

Author keywords

Extreme waves; Persian Gulf; SWAN; Wave modeling; Wind fields; Wind waves

Indexed keywords

EXTREME WAVES; PERSIAN GULF; WAVE MODELING; WIND FIELD; WIND WAVE;

VALUE ENGINEERING; WATER WAVES; WAVES; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; HINDCASTING; MODEL VALIDATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY; SURFACE WIND; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE MODELING; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD; WIND WAVE;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 77955171592     PISSN: 01411187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apor.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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