Characterization of wave groups in two-dimensions and their effects on observed significant wave heights

Ryan Shìjié Dù1, Gwendal Marechal1, Bia Villas Boas1, Momme Claus Hell2 and Luc Lenain3, (1)Colorado School of Mines, Department of Geophysics, Golden, United States, (2)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, United States, (3)University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States