Open AccessSOME PROPERTIES OF SWELL IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN
Author(s) -
Jonathan Barry Hinwood,
Deane R. Blackman,
Geoffrey T. Lleonart
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
proceedings of conference on coastal engineering/proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v18.17
Subject(s) - swell , geology , margin (machine learning) , spectral line , oceanography , meteorology , climatology , seismology , geodesy , geography , physics , astronomy , computer science , machine learning
Records of pressure from a bottom-resident instrument deployed near the western margin of Bass Strait have been analysed. Discrete wind-sea and swell spectra have been identified and have been related to meteorological events. The spectra fit a finite-depth form of the Wallops spectrum.