FIRST CONFERENCE ON SHIPS AND WAVES - 1954 



Part 1 

 The Theory, Measurement and Prediction of Wave Motion 



Chap . Title and Author Page 



1 ON THE THEORY OF IRREGULAR WAVES 1 



R. A. Fuchs 



2 A TECHNIQUE FOR OCEAN WAVE MEASUREMENTS 11 



H. G. Farmer, W. Marks, R. G. Walden, G. G. Whitney, Jr. 



3 PREDICTION OF WAVE MOTION 33 



R. R. Putz 



4 A WAVE SPECTRUM ANALYZER 55 



W. J. Pierson, Jr., and S. S. L. Chang 



5 MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS OF OCEAN WAVES o3 



R. R. Putz 



6 SHORT TIME PREDICTION OF SEA SURFACE HEIGHT: PREDICTION OF A 73 

 DEGENERATE STOCHASTIC PROCESS 



Louis J. Cote 



7 WAVE FORECASTING 78 



Thorndike Saville, Jr. 



8 WAVE-FORECASTING ACTIVITIES AT THE HY OROGRAPHIC OFFICE 92 



J. F. R6>ek and J. J. Schule, Jr. 



9 THE RATIO OF THE SEA-SURFACE WIND TO THE GRADIENT WIND 104 



P. W. Johnson 



10 CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA ON THE GENERATION AND PROPAGATION OF WAVES 111 

 IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC 



Pasquale S. DeLeonibus 



Part 2 

 Theory of Ship Motion in a Seaway 



11 PROGRESS OF THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF SHIP MOTIONS IN A 129 

 SEAWAY 



George P. Weinblum 



12 ON SOME RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE THEORY OF SHIP MOTIONS 160 



Manley St. Denis and W. J. Pierson, Jr. 



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