Atlantic Coast Hindcast. Phase II. Wave Information: Additional Extremal Estimates

Estimates of extreme wave heights for 73 open-ocean locations on the US East Coast are presented. The estimates include the median wave heights and interquartile ranges for 100-, 50-, 20-, 10-, and 5- year return periods. Only waves generated by extra-tropical storms are considered. Hurricane genera...

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Main Authors: Corson,W D, Tracy,B A
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ATLANTIC OCEAN
COASTAL REGIONS
EAST(DIRECTION)
ESTIMATES
OCEAN WAVES
OCEANS
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
RANGE(EXTREMES)
STORMS
SURGES
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Summary:Estimates of extreme wave heights for 73 open-ocean locations on the US East Coast are presented. The estimates include the median wave heights and interquartile ranges for 100-, 50-, 20-, 10-, and 5- year return periods. Only waves generated by extra-tropical storms are considered. Hurricane generated waves will be analyzed in future work. Keywords: Ocean waves; Atlantic Ocean; Storm surges.