0.0001 



0.0005 

 0.00 



0.005 



- 0.01 



o 

 o 



a> 



> 



Z3 



E 



0.05 



From fifteen 15-minute records 

 containing a total of 2,342 waves 

 (3,007 waves calculated) 



_L 



(See discussion below eq. 3-5) 



.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 

 1.42 



_L 



± 



2.0 2.2 



2.4 



A 



2.6 



2.8 



3.0 



3.2 



Scaled Height, H/Hr^s 



Figure 3-3. 



Theoretical and observed wave height distributions. 

 (Observed distributions for 15 individual 15-ininute 

 observations from several Atlantic coast wave gages 

 are superimposed on the Rayleigh distribution curve.) 



3-7 



