Abstract: In order to assess their relative merits in the context of the determination of metocean extremes, the annual maxima (AM) and the peaks over threshold (POT) approaches are compared in terms of their accuracy in estimating ...

Abstract: The nonhomogeneous Poisson process is used to model extreme values of the 40-yr ECMWF Re-Analysis (ERA-40) significant wave height. The parameters of the model are expressed as functions of the seasonal mean sea level ...