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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/2855| Title: | A model for the distribution function for significant wave height |
| Authors: | Thompson, Edward F. |
| Keywords: | Nags Head, North Carolina Shallow-water Gage Data Wave Heights Wave Models |
| Publisher: | Coastal Engineering Research Center (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | Coastal engineering technical aid ; no. 81-3. |
| Description: | Technical Aid Abstract: A model based on a three-parameter Weibull distribution function is given for the longterm distribution of significant wave height. The model, formulated in dimensionless terms, is believed to provide a more general representation than the corresponding models given in the Shore Protection Manual (SPM). A procedure for using available data from a site to estimate model parameters is described. The procedure extends the use of available data and leads to a model which more closely follows the data than the procedures in the SPM. The procedure is applied to shallow-water gage data from Nags Head. North Carolina. Example problems are given to illustrate the use of the model at the Nags Head site. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/2855 |
| Appears in Collections: | Technical Aid |
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| CETA-81-3.pdf | 5.83 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |