Simulation of Wave Height, Period, and Direction Time Series (Dredging Research Technical Notes).

Abstract

This technical note describes a procedure for generating simulated time sequences of wave height, period and direction data corresponding to specific locations. The technique uses a finite-length wave record to compute a matrix of coefficient multipliers that can be used to generate arbitrarily long time sequences of simulated wave data which preserve the primary statistical properties of the finite data set. The procedure was developed for simulating the 20-year Wave Information Study (WIS) hindcast data base, but can be applied to any appropriate data sequence.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA365493

Entities

People

  • E. C. Mcnair
  • Michelle M. Thevenot
  • Norman W. Scheffner

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computations
  • Data Sets
  • Databases
  • Dredging
  • Engineers
  • Frequency Domain
  • Histograms
  • Information Science
  • Materials
  • Sedimentation
  • Sediments
  • Sequences
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Waterways

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Statistical inference.