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Based on one-year wave field data measured at the south part of the radial sand ridges of the Southern Yellow Sea, the wave statistical characteristics, wave spectrum and wave group properties are analyzed. The results show that the significant wave height (H 1/3) varies from 0.15 to 2.22 m with the average of 0.59 m and the mean wave period (T mean) varies from 2.06 to 6.82 s with the average of 3.71 s. The percentage of single peak in the wave spectra is 88.6 during the measurement period, in which 36.3% of the waves are pure wind waves and the rest are young swells. The percentage with the significant wave height larger than 1 m is 12.4. The dominant wave directions in the study area are WNW, W, ESE, E and NW. The relationships among the characteristic wave heights, the characteristic wave periods, and the wave spectral parameters are identified. It is found that the tentative spectral model is suitable for the quantitative description of the wave spectrum in the study area, while the run lengths of the wave group estimated from the measured data are generally larger than those in other sea areas.
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Yang, B., Feng, Wb. & Zhang, Y. Wave characteristics at the south part of the radial sand ridges of the Southern Yellow Sea. China Ocean Eng 28, 317–330 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13344-014-0026-3
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