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What distribution is used to describe wave heights in deep water when waves are not too steep?
What distribution is used to describe wave heights in deep water when waves are not too steep?
What is the probability density function for the Rayleigh distribution of wave heights?
What is the probability density function for the Rayleigh distribution of wave heights?
In practice, what is often ignored when considering the wave heights' distribution?
In practice, what is often ignored when considering the wave heights' distribution?
For what type of spectrum is the Rayleigh distribution theoretically valid?
For what type of spectrum is the Rayleigh distribution theoretically valid?
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What do observations show about the wave heights in broader spectra?
What do observations show about the wave heights in broader spectra?
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What distribution is used to describe the wave heights in deep water with waves not too steep?
What distribution is used to describe the wave heights in deep water with waves not too steep?
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What is the probability density function for the Rayleigh distribution of wave heights?
What is the probability density function for the Rayleigh distribution of wave heights?
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For what type of spectrum is the Rayleigh distribution theoretically valid?
For what type of spectrum is the Rayleigh distribution theoretically valid?
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What parameter can be related to each other using the Rayleigh distribution according to the text?
What parameter can be related to each other using the Rayleigh distribution according to the text?
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What type of distribution have observations shown the wave heights to more or less obey, even for broader spectra?
What type of distribution have observations shown the wave heights to more or less obey, even for broader spectra?
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