The effect of directionality on Northern North Sea Extreme wave design criteria

Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Ewans, Kevin ^a   Jonathan, Philip ^b  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b Shell International Exploration and Production   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK PERCEPTION; STORMS;

AUTOMATED APPROACHES; COST CRITERIONS; CROSS VALIDATIONS; DESIGN COSTS; DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS; DIRECTIONAL MODELS; EXTREME VALUES; EXTREME WAVES; FOURIER; GENERALIZED PARETO DISTRIBUTIONS; HINDCAST; NONEXCEEDENCE PROBABILITIES; NORTH SEAS; OPTIMAL SELECTIONS; OPTIMAL VALUES; PENALIZED MAXIMUM LIKELIHOODS; STORM DIRECTIONS;

DESIGN;

DESIGN; MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; OCEAN WAVE; STORM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 56649092565     PISSN: 08927219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2960859     Document Type: Article

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