Extreme Significant Wave Heights for US Coastal Waters
Includes extreme significant wave heights, in meters, computed using peaks over threshold method on NOAA 30-year WWIII hindcast data. Extreme values for 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100 year return periods were computed. Sites cover US coastlines.
Column 1: Site identifier/name
Column 2: Site latitude
Column 3: Site longitude
Column 4: 5-year extreme Hs, in meters
Column 5: 10-year extreme Hs, in meters
Column 6: 25-year extreme Hs, in meters
Column 7: 50-year extreme Hs, in meters
Column 8: 100-year extreme Hs, in meters
Citation Formats
Sandia National Laboratories. (2016). Extreme Significant Wave Heights for US Coastal Waters [data set]. Retrieved from https://dx.doi.org/10.15473/1460413.
Bredin, Sara. Extreme Significant Wave Heights for US Coastal Waters. United States: N.p., 01 Sep, 2016. Web. doi: 10.15473/1460413.
Bredin, Sara. Extreme Significant Wave Heights for US Coastal Waters. United States. https://dx.doi.org/10.15473/1460413
Bredin, Sara. 2016. "Extreme Significant Wave Heights for US Coastal Waters". United States. https://dx.doi.org/10.15473/1460413. https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/150.
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Column 1: Site identifier/name
Column 2: Site latitude
Column 3: Site longitude
Column 4: 5-year extreme Hs, in meters
Column 5: 10-year extreme Hs, in meters
Column 6: 25-year extreme Hs, in meters
Column 7: 50-year extreme Hs, in meters
Column 8: 100-year extreme Hs, in meters
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https://dx.doi.org/10.15473/1460413
Details
Data from Sep 1, 2016
Last updated Jun 30, 2020
Submitted Sep 29, 2016
Organization
Sandia National Laboratories
Contact
Sara Bredin
Authors
Keywords
MHK, Marine, Hydrokinetic, energy, power, resource, evaluation, characterization, extreme, wave, height, United States, US, waters, seas, ocean, NOAA, hindcastDOE Project Details
Project Name Model Validation and Site Characterization for Early Deployment MHK Sites and Establishment of Wave Classification Scheme
Project Lead Joel Cline
Project Number FY16 AOP 141701