Extreme waves in the Arabian Gulf

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 50, 2007, Pages 322-328

  Neelamani, S ^a   Al Salem, K ^a   Rakha, K ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Gumbel and Weibull distribution; Hindcasted wave data; Mean wave period; Significant wave height

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956835607     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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