TY - JOUR T1 - Probability distributions for maximum wave and crest heights A1 - Prevosto,Marc A1 - Krogstad,He A1 - Robin,Agnes AD - IFREMER, COM,Ctr Brest, GO, DITI, F-29280 Plouzane, France. AD - NTNU, Dept Math Sci, Trondheim, Norway. UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-3839(00)00017-X DO - 10.1016/S0378-3839(00)00017-X KW - maximum wave height KW - maximum crest height KW - non linear models KW - probability distribution KW - narrow band model N2 - The paper discusses short- and long-term probability models of ocean waves. The Gaussian theory is reviewed, and nonlinear short-term probability distributions are derived from a narrow band second-order model. The nonlinearity has different impact on different measurement techniques, and this is further demonstrated for wave data from the WAVEMOD Crete measurement campaign and laser data from the North Sea. Finally, we give some examples on how the short-term statistics may be used to estimate the probability distributions for the maximum waves during individual storms as well as in a wave climate described by long-term distributions. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. Y1 - 2000/07 PB - Elsevier Science Bv JF - Coastal Engineering SN - 0378-3839 VL - 40 IS - 4 SP - 329 EP - 360 ID - 10507 ER -