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Statistical properties of a moving wave-form

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

M. S. Longuet-Higgins
M. S. Longuet-Higgins
Affiliation:
National Institute of OceanographyWormley
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Many of the statistical properties of a random noise function f(t) have been derived by Rice (4); for example, the mean frequency of zero crossings and the statistical distribution of maxima and minima. These distributions have been shown to apply quite accurately to physical phenomena; in particular, when f(t) represents the height of sea waves at a certain point or the pressure at a fixed point on the sea bed (1, 3, 5).

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 52 , Issue 2 , April 1956 , pp. 234 - 245
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1956

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