... of 0.5. We suggest a risk-cost criterion, which minimizes design cost for a given omnidirectional design specification, as an objective basis for optimal selection of directional criteria. 03 07 2007 22 10 2007 01 10 2008 ocean waves oceanographic techniques Pareto distribution...

... . bootstrapping storms ocean waves oceanographic techniques In a previous study ( 4 ), application of generalized Pareto modeling to estimation of North Sea storm severity was reported for storms with return periods of 100–500 years based on NESS hindcast data. The study consisted of the following...

... to reach some significance in the flow crossing the shelf slope. 24 09 2004 13 12 2005 tides time series principal component analysis oceanographic techniques current velocity power spectral density oscillation modes of variance empirical orthogonal functions principal...

... received May 2003; final revision, April 2004. Associate Editor: H. R. Riggs. 01 May 2003 01 April 2004 07 03 2005 oceanographic equipment oceanographic techniques transport processes wave propagation ocean waves T LF sig =significant low frequency...

.... Contributed by the OOAE Division for publication in the JOURNAL OF OFFSHORE MECHANICS AND ARCTIC ENGINEERING . Manuscript received February 2002; final revision, February 2004. Associate Editor: S. Yim. 01 February 2002 01 February 2004 07 03 2005 oceanographic techniques...

... regions spectral analysis data analysis scaling phenomena statistical analysis oceanographic techniques In the North Atlantic, Dobson et al. 1 found no significant influence on the fetch laws proposed by Donelan et al. 2 after removing the swell from the spectra. However, both works were...