Wave Information Studies of US Coastlines. Pacific Coast Hindcast Phase 2 Wave Information

Abstract

Twenty years of hindcast significant height, peak period, and mean direction wave information is summarized for 53 North Pacific locations in four data products: a. Percent occurrence tables. b. Wave rose diagrams. c. Mean and largest H sub s (Significant wave height) and 20-year statistics tables. d. Return period table. Brief descriptions and examples for each data product are provided also.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA182795

Entities

People

  • B. A. Tracy
  • B. J. Groves
  • C. E. Abel
  • D. S. Mcaneny
  • J. B. Payne
  • P. D. Farrar
  • R. M. Brooks
  • W. D. Corson

Organizations

  • Coastal Engineering Research Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Civil Engineering
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Processing
  • Databases
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Oceans
  • Standards
  • Statistics
  • Two Dimensional
  • Water
  • Wave Phenomena

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Oceanography.
  • Systems Analysis and Design