Verification of conversion formulas for computing representative wave heights

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 17-18, 2010, Pages 1554-1563

  Rattanapitikon, Winyu ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Conversion formula; Rayleigh distribution; Representative wave height; Surf zone; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION FORMULA; RAYLEIGH DISTRIBUTIONS; REPRESENTATIVE WAVES; SURF ZONES; WEIBULL;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; WATER WAVES;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

BEACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; SLOPE; SURF ZONE; WATER DEPTH; WAVE HEIGHT; WEIBULL THEORY;

EID: 78049526699     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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