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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 Flooding Hazards on Coral Reef-Lined Coasts
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, v. 122, p. 10,099–10,117.