Wave climate off northern Norway

Abstract The wave climate off northern Norway is considered and the investigation is based on wave measurements made at Tromsoflaket by means of a waverider buoy during the years 1977–1981. Data quality of waverider measurements is briefly commented upon; however, more emphasis is given to an evaluation of the long-term representativity of the actual measuring period and to a procedure accounting approximately for a lack of representativity. The wave climate is presented in terms of a smoothed joint probability density function of the significant wave height, H s , and the spectral peak period, T p . Based on this distribution a consistent design curve in the H s , T p space is established.