New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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Ocean wave studies in western Cook Strait

S. M. Chiswell

and

A. C. Kibblewhite

Department of Physics, University of Auckland, Private Bag, Auckland, New Zealand

Abstract Ocean wave records (February 1977 - January 1978) from the Maui A site (39° 33 'S, 173° 27 'E) and methods used for their analysis are described. Spectral history segments typical of pure swell and of locally generated sea are given with descriptions of the associated meteorological situations. The joint probability distribution of significant wave height and average zero-crossing period is used to characterise the ocean wave climate of the region.

Keywords water waves; swells; Cook Strait.

New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 1980, 14(4): 417-425
Received 29 January 1980; revision received 16 July 1980

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