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On estimating extreme wave heights using combined Geosat, Topex/Poseidon and ERS-1 altimeter data by Jose Henrique G.M. Alves; Ian R. Young is a Engineering article available to read on EtoBox.
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The estimation of extreme significant wave heights H s using altimeter observations is investigated. Data from the following three satellite missions are used: Geosat, ERS-1 and Topex/Poseidon. Practical methods of estimating extreme H s are described and limitations of their application to altimeter data are highlighted. Extreme H s are estimated using the three-parameter Weibull distribution, with maxima selected via the peaks over threshold method, and the Fisher-Tippet type I distribution, using data selected via the initial distribution method. Altimeter estimates are compared to extreme H s calculated from deep water buoy data. A comparative analysis of global estimates of satellite-derived extreme H s based on standard statistics investigates time-space undersampling and how it affects the reliability of long-term extreme wave estimates made using satellite altimeter data.
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- Author
- Jose Henrique G.M. Alves; Ian R. Young
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier Ltd.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0141-1187)
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Engineering (Physical Sciences)