State Key Laboratory Of Estuarine and Coastal Research, Institute of EStuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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Laboratory of Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of Qingdao, Qingdao 266003, China
Based on the definition and concept introduced in this paper,the theoretical expression of surface slope bispectrum for two-dimensional random waves is derived.Furthermore,the skewness of surface elevation distribution and that of surface she distribution are respectively employed to define the up-down and front-back asymmetry of a waves hape so that the relations between bispectrum and skewness are proposed.Through these relations,the updown end front-back asymmetry of the wave shape can be quantitatively determined by means of the bispectral analyses of observed wave data.