A Note on Short-term Wave Height Statistics

Short-term wave height distributions in intermediate water depthshave been investigated using spectral wave data from two gauges near Galveston (on the northern side of the Gulf of Mexico) and NDBC buoy 42035 during Hurricane Ike. Frequently used distributions such as the Rayleigh, the scaled Rayleigh and the 2-parameter Weibull distributionsare compared. The analysis of wave heights suggest…