Models for ocean waves

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dc.contributor.advisorZucchini, Walteren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorButton, Peteren_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-25T17:00:52Z
dc.date.available2015-10-25T17:00:52Z
dc.date.issued1988en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliography.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractOcean waves represent an important design factor in many coastal engineering applications. Although extreme wave height is usually considered the single most important of these factors there are other important aspects that require consideration. These include the probability distribution of wave heights, the seasonal variation and the persistence, or duration, of calm and storm periods. If one is primarily interested in extreme wave height then it is possible to restrict one's attention to events which are sufficiently separated in time to be effectively independently (and possibly even identically) distributed. However the independence assumption is not tenable for the description of many other aspects of wave height behaviour, such as the persistence of calm periods. For this one has to take account of the serial correlation structure of observed wave heights, the seasonal behaviour of the important statistics, such as mean and standard deviation, and in fact the entire seasonal probability distribution of wave heights. In other words the observations have to be regarded as a time series.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationButton, P. (1988). <i>Models for ocean waves</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Statistical Sciences. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14299en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationButton, Peter. <i>"Models for ocean waves."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Statistical Sciences, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14299en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationButton, P. 1988. Models for ocean waves. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Button, Peter AB - Ocean waves represent an important design factor in many coastal engineering applications. Although extreme wave height is usually considered the single most important of these factors there are other important aspects that require consideration. These include the probability distribution of wave heights, the seasonal variation and the persistence, or duration, of calm and storm periods. If one is primarily interested in extreme wave height then it is possible to restrict one's attention to events which are sufficiently separated in time to be effectively independently (and possibly even identically) distributed. However the independence assumption is not tenable for the description of many other aspects of wave height behaviour, such as the persistence of calm periods. For this one has to take account of the serial correlation structure of observed wave heights, the seasonal behaviour of the important statistics, such as mean and standard deviation, and in fact the entire seasonal probability distribution of wave heights. In other words the observations have to be regarded as a time series. DA - 1988 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1988 T1 - Models for ocean waves TI - Models for ocean waves UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14299 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/14299
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationButton P. Models for ocean waves. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Statistical Sciences, 1988 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14299en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Statistical Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherOcean waves - Mathematical modelsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherOcean waves - Statistical methodsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherTime-series analysisen_ZA
dc.titleModels for ocean wavesen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMScen_ZA
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