Estimation of return values for significant wave height from satellite data
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2011

Estimation of extreme wave height across the oceans is important for marine safety and design, but is hampered by lack of data. Buoy and platform data are geographically limited, and though satellite observations offer global coverage, they suffer from temporal sparsity and intermittency, making application of standard methods of extreme value estimation problematical. A possible strategy in the face of such difficulty is to use extra model assumptions to compensate for lack of data. In this spirit we report initial exploration of an approach to estimation of extreme wave heights using crossings methods based on a log-Gaussian model. The suggested procedure can utilize either intermittent satellite data or regular time series data such as obtained from a buoy, and it is adapted to seasonal variation in the wave height climate. The paper outlines derivation of the method and illustrates its application to data from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. A numerical comparison is made with the results of an annual maximum analysis for sites at which both satellite and buoy data are available. The paper concludes with a discussion of the applicability of the new approach, its relationship to other extreme value methods and desirable directions for further development.

Gaussian processes

Wave heights

Return values

Seasonality

sample

Crossing intensity

Författare

Igor Rychlik

Chalmers, Matematiska vetenskaper, Matematisk statistik

Göteborgs universitet

J. Ryden

Uppsala universitet

C. W. Anderson

University of Sheffield

Extremes

1386-1999 (ISSN) 1572915x (eISSN)

Vol. 14 2 167-186

Drivkrafter

Hållbar utveckling

Styrkeområden

Transport

Fundament

Grundläggande vetenskaper

Ämneskategorier

Sannolikhetsteori och statistik

DOI

10.1007/s10687-010-0117-3

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