Open AccessSTATISTICAL MODELLING OF LONG-TERM WAVE CLIMATES
Author(s) -
Roger Burrows,
Barham A. Salih
Publication year - 1986
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.v20.4
Subject(s) - term (time) , significant wave height , wave height , wind wave , joint probability distribution , climatology , meteorology , parametric statistics , statistical analysis , statistical model , environmental science , statistics , geology , geography , mathematics , oceanography , physics , quantum mechanics
The paper discusses the long-term statistical properties of ocean and coastal wave climates derived from the analysis of instrumental wave data. The aim of the work reported has been to determine the theoretical distributions, from those commonly used in analysis of wave data, which best describe the joint probability of significant wave height, Hs, and mean zero-upcrossing period, Tz. A method of modelling the wave climate in this manner has been developed utilizing parametric means of specification. The data base used in the study covers records from 18 sites around the British Isles.