Wind Sea Characteristics

1 Wind Sea Characteristics In the generation, growth and decay of the wind sea state complex physical processes are involved. Those can be explained mainly by 

The methods of mathematical statistics can be used to show that the sea state is composed of a variety of progressive waves of varying height, length, and period. Greatly simplified, this connection is illustrated in Fig. 7.3. 

From wave theory considerations, the traditional parameters for the characterization of the sea state are 

FIGURE 7.2 Characteristics of the sea state in deepwater and their transformation and deformation (surf) in shallow water. 

FIGURE 7.3 Schematic diagram of how wind sea state is composed of sinusoidal wave trains. 

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