Simulating of the probability density of sea surface elevations using the Gram-Charlier series

Oceanology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 407-414

  Zapevalov, A S ^a   Bol'shakov, A N ^a   Smolov, V E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SKEWNESS; WAVE FIELD;

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EID: 79959657839     PISSN: 00014370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0001437011030222     Document Type: Article

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