• Media type: E-Book; Report
  • Title: A Model for the Distribution Function for Significant Wave Height
  • Contributor: Thompson, Edward F. [Author]
  • imprint: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC); Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC); Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1981
  • Language: English
  • DOI: https://doi.org/20.500.11970/111326
  • Keywords: Wave Heights ; North Carolina ; Shallow-water Gage Data ; Wave Models ; Nags Head ; Ingenieurwissenschaften (620)
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  • Description: Source: https://erdc-library.erdc.dren.mil/jspui/ ; 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.
  • Access State: Open Access