Abstract: The statistics of wave crest elevation in a random, directionally spread sea are calculated using a novel approach. The nonlinearity of steep waves is modelled to second order using Sharma and ...

Abstract: The statistics of extreme wave crest elevation and wave height have been calculated for realistic, directionally spread sea and swell using a probabilistic method tested and described previously. ...

Abstract: Estimates of significant wave heights made from finite record lengths have a small but important statistical sampling variability. This variability leads to positive biases in the maximum significant wave height in a storm ...