Reliability assessment for operational wave forecasting system in prince william sound, alaska

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 337-349

  Singhal, Gaurav ^a   Panchang, Vijay G ^a   Lillibridge, John L ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Likelihood of occurrence; Prince William Sound; Wave forecast reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001858062     PISSN: 0733950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000056     Document Type: Article

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