Articles | Volume 16, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-1047-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-1047-2020
Research article
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11 Sep 2020
Research article |  | 11 Sep 2020

Variability of distributions of wave set-up heights along a shoreline with complicated geometry

Tarmo Soomere, Katri Pindsoo, Nadezhda Kudryavtseva, and Maris Eelsalu

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Extreme water levels are often created by several drivers with different properties. For example, the contribution from the water volume of the Baltic Sea follows a Gaussian distribution, but storm surges represent a Poisson process. We show that wave set-up heights (the third major component of high water levels) usually follow an exponential distribution and thus also represent a Poisson process. However, at some locations set-up heights better match an inverse Gaussian (Wald) distribution.
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