The mean length of runs of wave heights and the mean number of waves between the exceedance of a certain level by a group of waves and the next exceedance of the same level by the succeeding group of waves have been investigated for data from the March 1968 North Atlantic storm. These quantities are compared with corresponding results obtained from the numerical simulation of waves in a computer for both wide and narrow band spectra.
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