<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The objective of this study is to determine differences between design wave heights determined on the basis of short- and long-term wave trains. Wave parameters measured over a period of 7.47 years in the vicinity of Coastal Research Station Lubiatowo were used as short-term wave data, while wave parameters determined through the so-called wave reconstruction for a period of 44 years for the same region and depth were used as long-term wave data. The results of the calculations lead to the conclusions the significant wave height distributions obtained for short and long-term wave data are similar.</p></abstract>

The objective of this study is to determine differences between design wave heights determined on the basis of short- and long-term wave trains. Wave parameters measured over a period of 7.47 years in the vicinity of Coastal Research Station Lubiatowo were used as short-term wave data, while wave parameters determined through the so-called wave reconstruction for a period of 44 years for the same region and depth were used as long-term wave data. The results of the calculations lead to the conclusions the significant wave height distributions obtained for short and long-term wave data are similar.

Comparison of Design Wave Heights Determined on the Basis of Long- and Short-term Measurement Data

Institute of Hydro-Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences

Archives of Hydro-Engineering and Environmental Mechanics

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The objective of this study is to determine differences between design wave heights determined on the basis of short- and long-term wave trains. Wave...

Comparison of Design Wave Heights Determined on the Basis of Long- and Short-term Measurement Data

Published Online: Mar 02, 2019

Page range: 123 - 142

Received: May 13, 2018

Accepted: Dec 02, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/heem-2018-0009

Keywords
Wave Measurements, Reconstruction of Waves in the Baltic, Weibull distribution, Gumbel distribution

© 2018 Marek Szmytkiewicz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Comparison of Design Wave Heights Determined on the Basis of Long- and Short-term Measurement Data

Published Online: Mar 02, 2019

Page range: 123 - 142

Received: May 13, 2018

Accepted: Dec 02, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/heem-2018-0009

KeywordsWave Measurements, Reconstruction of Waves in the Baltic, Weibull distribution, Gumbel distribution

© 2018 Marek Szmytkiewicz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Wave Measurements, Reconstruction of Waves in the Baltic, Weibull distribution, Gumbel distribution