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|definition= Straightline distance between two successive wave crests.<ref name="CIRIA (1996)"> CIRIA (1996). ''Beach management manual''. CIRIA Report 153.</ref>.}}
 
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This is the definition for regular sinusoidal waves. Real sea waves are irregular without a well-defined wavelength. The wave field off the coast can be characterized by a wave spectrum. Wavelength is then a statistical parameter, see [[Statistical description of wave parameters]]. 
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==References==
 
==References==
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* [[Waves]]
 
* [[Waves]]
 
* [[Wave transformation]]
 
* [[Wave transformation]]
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* [[Breaker index]]

Latest revision as of 15:39, 16 February 2024

Definition of Wavelength:
Straightline distance between two successive wave crests.[1].
This is the common definition for Wavelength, other definitions can be discussed in the article


This is the definition for regular sinusoidal waves. Real sea waves are irregular without a well-defined wavelength. The wave field off the coast can be characterized by a wave spectrum. Wavelength is then a statistical parameter, see Statistical description of wave parameters.


References

  1. CIRIA (1996). Beach management manual. CIRIA Report 153.

See also