Modelling the long-term distribution of significant wave height with the Beta and Gamma models

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 713-725

  Ferreira, J A ^a   Guedes Soares, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Beta and Gamma models; Extreme value theory; Significant wave height; Wave data

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

EXTREME VALUE THEORY; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT;

WATER WAVES;

SEA SURFACE; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE MODELING;

EID: 0033180924     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-8018(98)00022-5     Document Type: Article

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