Open AccessPROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION OF WAVE HEIGHTS OFF THE WESTERN COAST OF TAIWAN
Author(s) -
Frederick L.W. Tang,
Jea-Tzyy Juang
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
proceedings of conference on coastal engineering/proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v18.23
Subject(s) - convolution (computer science) , probability density function , bathymetry , function (biology) , geology , point (geometry) , energy (signal processing) , wave height , geodesy , physics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , geometry , statistics , oceanography , computer science , machine learning , evolutionary biology , artificial neural network , biology
A new probability density function of wave heights off the western coast of Taiwan is submitted in this paper. According to the bathymetry of this area, waves from the central part of Taiwan Strait refract to the point of measurement and minor waves generated by local wind add the energy on the major ones; So an analytical solution is to be worked out by assuming that the wave energies are the linear sum of these two sources and convolution integral is adopted. The new model approaches reality better than Ray'leigh's.