@article{10902/35308,
year = {2009},
month = {3},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10902/35308},
abstract = {A time-dependent generalized extreme value (GEV) model for monthly significant wave heights maxima is developed. The model is applied to several 3-hour time series from the Spanish buoy network. Monthly maxima show a clear non-stationary behavior within a year, suggesting that the location, scale and shape parameters of the GEV distribution can be parameterized using harmonic functions. To avoid a possible over-parameterization, an automatic selection model, based on the Akaike Information Criterion, is carried out. Results show that the non-stationary behavior of monthly maxima significant wave height is adequately modeled, drastically increasing the significance of the parameters involved and reducing the uncertainty in the return level estimation. The model provides new information to analyze the seasonal behavior of wave height extremes affecting different natural coastal processes.},
organization = {The work was partially funded by projects CGL2005-05365/CLI and “GRACCIE” (CSD2007-00067, CONSOLIDER-INGENIO 2010) from the Spanish Ministry of Ciencia e Innovación. Melisa Menéndez is indebted to the Spanish Ministry of Ciencia e Innovación for funding her through the FPI program. Alberto Luceño acknowledges the support of the Spanish Dirección General de Investigación under Grant MTM2005-00287.},
publisher = {Elsevier},
publisher = {Coastal Engineering, 2009, 56(3), 211-219},
title = {The influence of seasonality on estimating return values of significant wave height},
author = {Menéndez García, Melisa and Méndez Incera, Fernando Javier and Izaguirre Lasa, Cristina and Luceño Vázquez, Alberto and Losada Rodríguez, Iñigo},
}