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http://dx.doi.org/10.9765/KSCOE.2015.27.4.258

Occurrence Probability of Freak Waves at Nearshore of Donghae Harbor in the East Sea  

Ahn, Kyungmo (School of Spatial Environment System Engineering, Handong Global University)
Oh, Chan Young (Department of Spatial Design & Engineering, Handong Global University)
Jeong, Weon Mu (Coastal Development & Ocean Energy Research Division, KIOST)
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Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers / v.27, no.4, 2015 , pp. 258-265 More about this Journal
Abstract
Over the last 20 years, freak waves have attracted many researchers because of their unexpected behaviors and damages on offshore structures and vessels in the ocean and coastal waters. Despite many researches on the causes, mechanisms and occurrence of freak waves, we have not reached consensus on the results of the researches. This paper presents the occurrence probability of freak waves based on the analysis of wave records measured at coastal waters of Donghae harbor in the East Sea. Three freak waves were found which satisfied conditions of m and $H_S{\geq}2.5m$ and $H_m/H_S{\geq}2$. The occurrence probabilities of freak waves were estimated from extreme distributions by Mori, Rayleigh and Ahn, and found to be on the orders of O($10^{-1}$), O($10^{-2}$), and O($10^{-3}$), respectively. The occurrence probabilities of freak waves measured from waves records were estimated between O($10^{-2}$) and O($10^{-3}$), which were located between predictions by Rayleigh and Ahn's extreme probability distributions. However, we need more analysis of wave records obtained from diverse field conditions in order to verify the accuracy of the estimation of occurrence probability of freak waves.
Keywords
freak waves; wave height probability; extreme wave height probability; occurrence probability; exceedance probability;
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