Simulation of Wave Height, Period, and Direction Time Series (Dredging Research Technical Notes)

摘要

This technical note describes a procedure for generating simulated time sequences of wave height, period and direction data corresponding to specific locations. The technique uses a finite-length wave record to compute a matrix of coefficient multipliers that can be used to generate arbitrarily long time sequences of simulated wave data which preserve the primary statistical properties of the finite data set. The procedure was developed for simulating the 20-year Wave Information Study (WIS) hindcast data base, but can be applied to any appropriate data sequence.