Kalman filters for the description and prediction of tidal motion: An evaluation of the 1-D approach in the Dutch coastal area

This report gives an exposition of the applications Kalman filters and the related nonlinear filters offer when used in models describing tidal motion in seas and estuaries. In addition to methods that are generally used in this field, for example deterministic and black-box models, Kalman filters can provide significant contributions in...

Experimental study of blockage of random waves by counter currents

From February to April 1999, wave-blocking experiments have been conducted at the Laboratory of Fluid Mechanics of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands as a part of the Ph.D. research of I.K. Suastika. Wave blocking is a special case of wave-current interaction. It can occur when waves...