NSW Nearshore Wave Tool update: offshore wave height extreme value analysis
This report presents an analysis of the deepwater extreme wave climate at the 7 deepwater wave buoy locations that form the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water's long term wave monitoring program.
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Publisher: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Cost: Free
Language: English
File: PDF 22.26 MB / Pages 0
Name: nsw-nearshore-wave-tool-update.pdf
This study's most significant finding within the NSW deepwater wave climate definition is that significant storms that occurred between 1957 to 1979 are now appropriately represented in the longer duration wave datasets and extreme value analysis. This information is important for the development of coastal management programs and coastal hazard assessments.
In addition to the increased estimates of extreme wave heights, the new 67-year deepwater hindcast datasets also improve the definition of the long-term directional wave climate, including the frequency and magnitude of storms that generate large wave heights from northeast to east offshore wave directions.