Wave height distributions in shallow waters

Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mai, Stephan ^a   Wilhelmi, Jens ^a   Barjenbruch, Ulrich ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Battjes Groenendijk Rayleigh distribution; Radar measurement; Shallow water; Wave height statistics

Indexed keywords

EXTREME WIND CONDITIONS; NORTH SEA; RADAR LEVEL GAUGE; RAYLEIGH DISTRIBUTIONS; SHALLOW WATERS; WAVE HEIGHTS; WAVE MEASUREMENT; WAVE STATISTICS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; RADAR MEASUREMENT; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

WATER WAVES;

EID: 84864454090     PISSN: 01613782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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