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    dynamics, the wave height of a surface wave is the difference between the elevations of a crest and a neighboring trough. Wave height is a term used...
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  • significant wave height (SWH, HTSGW or Hs) is defined traditionally as the mean wave height (trough to crest) of the highest third of the waves (H1/3). It...
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    A rogue wave at the shore is sometimes called a sneaker wave. In oceanography, rogue waves are more precisely defined as waves whose height is more than...
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    Tsunami (redirect from Tsunami wave train)
    crest-to-trough height which is commonly used to measure other type of wave height. Run-up Height, or Inundation Height: The height reached by a tsunami...
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    variability of wave height, the largest individual waves are likely to be somewhat less than twice the reported significant wave height for a particular...
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  • then control the wave solder process. The height of the solder wave is a key parameter that needs to be evaluated when setting up the wave solder process...
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    Wave run-up is the height to which waves run up the slope of a revetment, bank or dike, regardless of whether the waves are breaking or not. Conversely...
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    states that wave power is proportional to the wave energy period and to the square of the wave height. When the significant wave height is given in metres...
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    In fluid dynamics, wave shoaling is the effect by which surface waves, entering shallower water, change in wave height. It is caused by the fact that...
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    Surfing (redirect from Barreling wave)
    Surfing waves can be analyzed using the following parameters: breaking wave height, wave peel angle (α), wave breaking intensity, and wave section length...
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  • are dangerous and rare ocean surface waves that unexpectedly reach at least twice the height of the tallest waves around them, and are often described...
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  • Douglas sea scale (category Water waves)
    The Douglas sea scale is a scale which measures the height of the waves and also measures the swell of the sea. The scale is very simple to follow and...
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    Wavelength (redirect from Wave length)
    strength of the electric and the magnetic field vary. Water waves are variations in the height of a body of water. In a crystal lattice vibration, atomic...
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    K(m)\,{\frac {x-c\,t}{\lambda }}&m\end{array}}\right),} where H is the wave height, λ is the wavelength, c is the phase speed and η2 is the trough elevation...
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    loosely defines rogue waves as offshore waves that are at least twice the height of surrounding waves and sneaker waves as waves near shore that are unexpectedly...
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    Megatsunami (category Water waves)
    extremely large initial wave heights in the hundreds of metres, far beyond the height of any ordinary tsunami. These giant wave heights occur because the...
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    respect to wind waves and swell—at a certain location and moment. A sea state is characterized by statistics, including the wave height, period, and spectrum...
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    waves came in 10 minutes intervals after the first wave. The third wave was the strongest, with a maximum tsunami wave height of 11 m (36 ft). Waves nearly...
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    speed near the crest of each wave than near the troughs between waves, because the wave height is not infinitesimal compared to the depth of the water. The...
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  • estimate of wave characteristics and their effects. This approximation is accurate for small ratios of the wave height to water depth (for waves in shallow...
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    south of Halifax reported a wave height of 100.7 feet (30.7 m) on October 30. This became the highest recorded wave height on the Scotian Shelf, which...
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  • peak wave action exceeding 60 ft (18 m) in height from October 28 through 30, 1991. A buoy off the coast of Nova Scotia reported a wave height of 100...
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  • significant wave height. At the nearshore zone, skewness and asymmetry of surface gravity waves are the main drivers for sediment transport. Sinusoidal waves (or...
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    Swell (ocean) (category Water waves)
    variability of wave height, the largest individual waves are likely to be somewhat less than twice the significant wave height. Wind waves are generated...
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  • Height of the Wave (Korean: 파고; RR: Pa-go) is a 2019 South Korean drama film directed by Park Jung-bum. It was first aired as part of tvN's 2019 Drama...
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    parameter ka is known as the wave steepness. The phase speed increases with increasing nonlinearity ka of the waves. The wave height H, being the difference...
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  • the Levich equation gives the height of the sigmoidal wave observed in rotating disk voltammetry. The sigmoidal wave height is often called the Levich current...
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    Hawaiian scale is an expression of the height of a wind wave affecting water. It is the expression conventionally used by surfers in Hawaii and is also...
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    heights in Palk Bay regions are relatively low. The average significant wave height in Palk Bay close to Ram Setu is around 0.5 m. Palk Bay is studded at...
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    any tsunami wave height of any location outside Sumatra. Due to the topography of the seabed, coastline and reefs offshore, the tsunami waves piled on top...
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