How should we combine long and short term wave height distributions?

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 987-994

  Forristall, George Z ^a  

^a Forristall Ocean Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREST HEIGHTS; ENGINEERING DESIGN; EXTREME VALUE DISTRIBUTIONS; FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM; HINDCASTS; INITIAL VALUES; LONG TIME SERIES; LONG-TERM DISTRIBUTION; MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT; METHOD OF CALCULATION; SHORT TERM; SHORT-TERM DISTRIBUTION; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE HEIGHTS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; MECHANICS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; STORMS; WATER WAVES;

TIME SERIES;

EID: 77957995931     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2008-58012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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