Joint occurrence of high tide, surge and storm-waves on the northwest Spanish coast

Abstract

The probability of joint occurrences of astronomical tides, meteorological residues and wind-generated waves is examined by analysing simultaneous sea-level and wave-height data recorded at A Coruna from 1992 to 1996. Attention is focused on the existence of a possible statistical dependence among these parameters. Furthermore, marginal distributions for each of these parameters are examined.