Comparisons of Hindcast and Measured Deepwater, Significant Wave Heights.

Descriptive techniques (time series plots, cross plots, difference of the means and mean absolute difference computations, and percent occurrence computations and plots) are employed to compare recorded and computed wave heights for the Atlantic Ocean. The comparisons indicate a random difference of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Corson,William D, Resio,Donald T
Other Authors: ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MS HYDRAULICS LAB
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1981
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*OCEAN WAVES
MEASUREMENT
COMPUTATIONS
COMPARISON
ACCURACY
METEOROLOGICAL DATA
OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
MATHEMATICAL PREDICTION
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
HEIGHT
DEEP OCEANS
*Wave climate
*Hindcasting
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA110885
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Summary:Descriptive techniques (time series plots, cross plots, difference of the means and mean absolute difference computations, and percent occurrence computations and plots) are employed to compare recorded and computed wave heights for the Atlantic Ocean. The comparisons indicate a random difference of approximately 1.0 m and a bias of approximately 0.04 m. Based on the results of the comparisons, the wave climates produced by the hindcast of deepwater, significant wave data for the Atlantic Coast Wave Information Study are considered valid. Consequently, they should provide excellent data bases for applications in coastal and ocean engineering. (Author) Report on Wave Information Studies of U.S. Coastlines.

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