Wave Height Distributions 



Averages from 20 Bimodal, Band-Limited, White Spectra 



Mode fc(Hz) Af/fc hhx.(m) N 



1 0.050 0.20000 0.894 328 



2 0.250 0.04000 1.789 328 



Hrrrs = 1.317 ± 0.006 Hrmq = 1.530 ± 0.017 e = 0.429501 



7205 waves sampled 



Rayleigh 



Modified Rayleigin 



7206 waves sampled 

 ± 1 S.D. 

 Rayleigh 

 Modified Rayleigh 



"~ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 



Figure 14. Probability and exceedence curves from bimodal spectra with 

 large modal separation and high energy ratio 



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