0.000 



0.0005 



0.001 



0.005 



~ 0.0 



O 



o 



a> 



> 



3 



E 



S 



0.05 



From fifteen 15-minute records 

 containing a total of 2,342 waves 

 (3,007 waves calculated) 



(See discussion below Equation 3-8) 

 _l I I I I 



1.0 1.2 



1.4 1.6 

 1.42 



1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.2 



Scaled Heigtit (H/Hrms) 



Figure 3-3. Theoretical and Observed Wave-Height Distributions. 

 Observed distributions for 15 individual IS-minute 

 observations from several Atlantic coast wave gages 

 are superimposed on the Rayleigh distribution curve 



3-7 



