Distributions of freak wave heights measured in the North Sea

Applied Ocean Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 35-48

  Stansell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extreme value distribution; Extreme wave statistics; Generalised Pareto distributions; Rayleigh distribution; Return periods; Wave height

Indexed keywords

PARETO PRINCIPLE; PROBABILITY; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACES; WATER WAVES;

FREAK WAVES; NORTH SEA; SURFACE ELEVATIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EXTREME EVENT; RETURN PERIOD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAVE HEIGHT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 7244229871     PISSN: 01411187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apor.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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