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A hybrid parametric wind wave model for arbitrary water depths is presented. The model is derived from an energy flux transport formulation and includes shoaling, refraction, bottom frictional dissipation, as well as finite depth modifications of the atmospheric input and nonlinear wave-wave interaction source terms. The model is applied to predict the wave characteristics resulting from a complex frontal system which passed over the Atlantic Remote Sensing Land Ocean Experiment (ARSLOE) experimental site on October 25, 1980. The overall agreement between predicted and observed wave characteristics (significant wave height, peak frequency and mean wave direction) in 35 m water depth is considered excellent.
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Graber, H.C., Madsen, O.S. (1985). A Parametric Wind Wave Model for Arbitrary Water Depths. In: Toba, Y., Mitsuyasu, H. (eds) The Ocean Surface. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7717-5_25
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