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VLF Wave Height

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
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Detailed Description

Normalized, squared VLF wave height (Hm0,VLF/H0)2 as a function of the ratio between mean spectral frequency at the inner reef flat (fm—1,0) and the reef’s zeroth resonant frequency (fn,0). Points close to fm—1,0/fn,0 = 1 (10°) are near resonance.

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.

A Bayesian-Based System to Assess Wave-Driven FloodingHazards on Coral Reef-Lined Coasts
Pearson, S.G., Storlazzi, C.D., van Dongeren, A.R., Tissier, M.F.S., and Reniers, A.J.H.M., 2017, A Bayesian-Based System to Assess Wave-Driven Flooding Hazards on Coral Reef-Lined Coasts: v. 122, no. 12, p. 10099-10117, doi: 10.1002/2017jc013204.