The phrase "a significant wave of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a large or impactful occurrence of something, often in contexts related to trends, changes, or movements.
Example: "The city experienced a significant wave of protests following the controversial decision."
Alternatives: "a considerable surge of" or "a major influx of".
It represents just the beginning of what will soon be a significant wave of growth and innovation pursued by global companies in emerging markets as they embrace social and environmental challenges as part of their drive for fresh commercial and sustainable outcomes.
The registration program uncovered little intelligence — 11 of the more than 85,000 men who came forward in the first year were found to have ties to terrorism — but it caught thousands of people who had been living in the country illegally, leading to a significant wave of deportations.
"This year there's been a significant wave of new laws in states across the country that have the effect of cracking down on voting rights," said Michael Waldman, the executive director of the Brennan Center, who noted that five million votes would have made a difference in both the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections.
Transitional controls on freedom of movement, imposed when the two countries joined the EU in 2007, expire at the end of the year - and there is pressure on the government to prevent a significant wave of migrants arriving.
Detroit techno artist DJ Bone, AKA Differ-ent, has experienced a significant wave of popularity within the dance music community the last couple years, but his successful ride to the top was recently marked by tragedy.
Assuming a platform drift amplitude of 10 m, a long-term platform drift period of 250 s, and a significant wave height of 4 m, the time history of floating platform motion is obtained using the method described previously; the results are shown in Fig. 4.
Environmental forcing input to the model consisted of loading conditions representing combinations of currents with a magnitude of 1.0 m/s and irregular seas with a significant wave height of 8.01 m and peak period of 12.52 s.
On Grande-Terre, the eastern island of Guadeloupe, the hurricane produced a significant wave height of 9.8 feet, with estimates as high as 13 feet.
On this occasion, a buoy located offshore Cesenatico (44.2155°N 12.4766°E), about 130 km north of our study area, recorded a significant wave height of 3.2 m (data from ARPA, Servizio IroMeteoClima).
(b) The effects of the following conditions on the kinematic GNSS measurements are minor, if any: a relative wind speed of less than 20 m, a cruising speed of less than 8 m/s and a significant wave height of less than 5 m.
At 0100 UTC August 20, the storm passed 120 mi (190 km) to the south of Sea Buoy 42056, which recorded a significant wave height of 36 ft (11 m).
