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In Chapter 3 we considered waves of periods measured in minutes, hours or days. In this chapter we are concerned with waves of, say, 1–30s, which are predominantly those caused by wind.

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Wood, A.M.M., Fleming, C.A. (1981). Waves. In: Coastal Hydraulics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04506-8_3

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