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An experimental study of large waves in intermediate and shallow water depths. Part I: Wave height and crest height statistics

Undertaken within the LOWISH joint-industry-project, funded by 6 oil companies, the work has produced new shallow water crest-height and wave-height distributions; both indicating the inadequacy of present design solutions. The generated data has subsequently been used to: (i) calibrate the breaking module within the widely applied SWAN shallow water wave model (TU Delft); (ii) formulate a new empirical wave-height distribution model incorporated within a leading hindcast model as part of a separate joint-industry-project (the southern North Sea extention hindcast); and (iii) justify the kinematics predictions for a large pipeline project (PLUTO) extending across the continental shelf of NW Australia (kevin.ewans@shell.com).