Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Description of random seas
- 2 Spectral analysis
- 3 Wave amplitude and height
- 4 Wave height and associated period
- 5 Sea severity
- 6 Estimation of extreme wave height and sea state
- 7 Directional characteristics of random seas
- 8 Special wave events
- 9 Non-Gaussian waves (waves in finite water depth)
- Appendix A Fundamentals of probability theory
- Appendix B Fundamentals of stochastic process theory
- Appendix C Fourier transform and Hilbert transform
- References
- Index
8 - Special wave events
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 October 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Description of random seas
- 2 Spectral analysis
- 3 Wave amplitude and height
- 4 Wave height and associated period
- 5 Sea severity
- 6 Estimation of extreme wave height and sea state
- 7 Directional characteristics of random seas
- 8 Special wave events
- 9 Non-Gaussian waves (waves in finite water depth)
- Appendix A Fundamentals of probability theory
- Appendix B Fundamentals of stochastic process theory
- Appendix C Fourier transform and Hilbert transform
- References
- Index
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- Ocean WavesThe Stochastic Approach, pp. 218 - 254Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1998