Statistical risk assessment of polder protection structures.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1982

Abstract

Polder regions require proper protection works to resist overtopping by reasonably expected storm surges. Basic to the design of the protective structure is the determination of the magnitude of this storm surge or, the recurrence interval of a specified wave height. It is necessary to extrapolate limited data to much longer periods, and then fit data to the proper statistical distribution. It has been shown that storm surge phenomena can be well described by superposition of an extreme value distribution for the storm surge over a normal distribution for the astronomically generated tides. The work presented here supports this generalized view.-Authors

Identifier

0020451106 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Polders of the World Papers International Symposium Lelystad 1982 Volume 2 International Institute for Land Reclamation and Improvement Wageningen

First Page

97

Last Page

106

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