DISTRIBUTIONS OF EXTREME WINDS OVER OCEANS

Previous work for land areas and the North Atlantic Ocean working toward a universal extreme wind distribution is extended to all of the tropical cyclone areas of the world. Additional data on the universal values of the parameter of the distributions verify and extend previous results. Means of applying these methods to all six tropical cyclone areas are considered. The basis for the extreme value distribution and its parameters is found to be in geometric probability theory. An example is given illustrating the application of the methods to an ocean location.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Thom, HCS
• Publication Date: 1973-2

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 1-17
• Serial:
  • Journal of Waterways, Harbors & Coast Eng Div
  • Volume: 99
  • Issue Number: WW1
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ocean waves; Weather forecasting; Wind; Wind waves
• Old TRIS Terms: Wind factors
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00044077
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Society of Civil Engineers
• Report/Paper Numbers: 9556 Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 11 1973 12:00AM