Global Wave Forecasts Using Spacecraft Data 



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Fig. 3 - Observed and computed significant wave heights based on 

 a spectral growth theory developed in 1964 



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Fig. 4 - Observed and computed significant wave heights based on the 

 same growth and propagation as in Fig. 3 but without any dissipation 



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