Wave Height Distributions 



Averages from 20 Bimodal, Band-Limited, White Spectra 



Mode fc(Hz) Af/fc HTt)(m) N 



1 0.070 0.14300 1.789 328 



2 0.130 0.07690 0.894 328 



Hrms = 1.374 ± 0.008 Hrmq = 1.611 ± 0.012 e = 0.551182 



2759 waves sampled 



Rayleigh 



Modified Rayleigh 



2759 waves sampled 

 ± 1 S.D, 

 Rayleigh 

 Modified Rayleigh 



Figure 13. Probability and exceedence curves for bimodal spectra with 

 intermediate modal separation 



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