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A large number of wave and wind data recorded from eight NOMAD buoys in the Great Lakes during 1981 were used to examine correlations of wind wave parameters. The results show no precise universal relations among the parameters. The only correlation that shows a universal behavior is that of nondimensional energy versus nondimensional peak-energy frequency.
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Liu, P.C. (1985). In Search of Universal Parametric Correlations for Wind Waves. In: Toba, Y., Mitsuyasu, H. (eds) The Ocean Surface. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7717-5_22
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