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  • Ocean Engineering
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Applied Statistics

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  • Accurate determination of design wave heights is crucial for coastal and offshore structure safety.
  • Existing methods for fitting wave data can present stability and inconsistency issues.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify and discuss common problems in design wave height determination.
  • To analyze the stability and consistency of frequently used wave data fitting distributions.
  • To provide practical methods for improving wave data analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of two common methods for fitting wave data.
  • Examination of statistical distributions used in wave height analysis.
  • Description of techniques for confidence intervals, outlier detection, and missing data imputation.

Main Results:

  • Identified common problems and inconsistencies in standard wave data fitting distributions.
  • Demonstrated stability issues with certain commonly used statistical distributions.
  • Presented methods for enhancing the reliability of wave height data analysis.

Conclusions:

  • Standard methods for fitting wave data may lead to unstable or inconsistent results.
  • The study provides practical approaches to address data quality issues in design wave height determination.
  • Improved data analysis techniques are essential for reliable engineering design in marine environments.