This manuscript describes a fully computer-controlled procedure that allows obtaining reliable statistical parameters from experiments of water waves excited by steady and unsteady wind forcing in a small-scale facility.
Zavadsky, A., Shemer, L. Measurements of Waves in a Wind-wave Tank Under Steady and Time-varying Wind Forcing. J. Vis. Exp. (132), e56480, doi:10.3791/56480 (2018).