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Aug 1973
Extreme Wave Height Distributions over Oceans
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Volume 99, Issue 3
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The scale and shape parameters of the extreme wind speed distribution are transformed to scale and shape parameters of the extreme wave distribution for extratropical storm areas. This provides the means of obtaining the extreme wave distribution anywhere in deep water in these areas. Estimates of the extreme wave period are obtained from applying known empirical relationships to estimated significant wave height quantiles. A method is explored for obtaining extreme wave height quantiles for tropical cyclone areas from available extreme wind quantiles through applying empirical relationships involving duration of high winds.
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Journal of the Waterways, Harbors and Coastal Engineering Division
Volume 99 • Issue 3 • August 1973
Pages: 355 - 374
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© 1973 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Aug 1973
Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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Herbert C. S. Thom, M.ASCE
Private Consultant, H. C. S. Thom Assocs., Rockville, Md.; formerly Environmental Data Service, NOAA, Silver Spring, Md.
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