Preliminary Evaluation of Wind and Wave Effects at Potential LNG Terminal Sites, State of California Appendix A: An Evaluation of the Relative Wave Climate at Five Onshore LNG Sites Considering Island Influences and Topographic Effects.

Abstract

The U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES) was requested to assist in the preliminary evaluation of the wave climate at alternate potential LNG terminal sites by applying existing hindcast wave data of a general nature to obtain estimates of the times of excessive wave conditions at the various sites. After the preliminary evaluation was completed, WES was again requested to assist by analyzing the effects of island sheltering and topographic influences on the wave climate of five onshore sites in order to provide a more refined estimate of the wave conditions existing at the potential sites. The deepwater hindcast wave data used in the evaluation were the State of California Department of Navigation and Ocean Development (DNOD) singular wave statistics, and supplemental hindcast data by National Marine Consultants (NMC) and Marine Advisers (MA).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA054130

Entities

People

  • Lyndell Z. Hales

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Gases
  • Liquefied Natural Gas
  • Natural Gas
  • Navigation
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Public Utilities
  • Refraction
  • Regions
  • Statistics
  • Terminals
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Topography
  • Waterways

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering