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In Chapter 1 we considered waves of periods measured in minutes, hours or days. In this chapter we are concerned with waves of, say, 1–30 seconds, which are predominantly those caused by wind.

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Wood, A.M.M. (1969). Waves. In: Coastal Hydraulics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00424-9_2

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