Oceanic rogue waves

K Dysthe, HE Krogstad, P Müller - Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech., 2008 - annualreviews.org
Oceanic rogue waves are surface gravity waves whose wave heights are much larger than
expected for the sea state. The common operational definition requires them to be at least …

Closing the loops on Southern Ocean dynamics: From the circumpolar current to ice shelves and from bottom mixing to surface waves

LG Bennetts, CJ Shakespeare… - Reviews of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A holistic review is given of the Southern Ocean dynamic system, in the context of the crucial
role it plays in the global climate and the profound changes it is experiencing. The review …

[HTML][HTML] A global evaluation of the JONSWAP spectra suitability on coastal areas

OM Mazzaretto, M Menéndez, H Lobeto - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Wave spectra provide comprehensive information on wave energy for different directions
and frequencies. Integrated sea state parameters, however, are more commonly used for …

[HTML][HTML] Sea state identification using machine learning—A comparative study based on in-service data from a container vessel

M Mittendorf, UD Nielsen, HB Bingham, G Storhaug - Marine Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper is concerned with a machine learning-based approach for sea state estimation
using the wave buoy analogy. In-situ sensor data of an advancing medium-size container …

Statistical Properties of Directional Ocean Waves: The Role of the Modulational Instability<? format?> in the Formation of Extreme Events

M Onorato, T Waseda, A Toffoli, L Cavaleri… - Physical review …, 2009 - APS
We discuss two independent, large scale experiments performed in two wave basins of
different dimensions in which the statistics of the surface wave elevation are addressed …

Statistical properties of mechanically generated surface gravity waves: a laboratory experiment in a three-dimensional wave basin

M Onorato, L Cavaleri, S Fouques… - Journal of Fluid …, 2009 - cambridge.org
A wave basin experiment has been performed in the MARINTEK laboratories, in one of the
largest existing three-dimensional wave tanks in the world. The aim of the experiment is to …

Observing ocean surface waves with GPS-tracked buoys

THC Herbers, PF Jessen, TT Janssen… - … of Atmospheric and …, 2012 - journals.ametsoc.org
Surface-following buoys are widely used to collect routine ocean wave measurements.
While accelerometer and tilt sensors have been used for decades to measure the wave …

Evolution of weakly nonlinear random directional waves: laboratory experiments and numerical simulations

A Toffoli, O Gramstad, K Trulsen, J Monbaliu… - Journal of Fluid …, 2010 - cambridge.org
Nonlinear modulational instability of wavepackets is one of the mechanisms responsible for
the formation of large-amplitude water waves. Here, mechanically generated waves in a …

Global wave hindcasts using the observation‐based source terms: Description and validation

Q Liu, AV Babanin, WE Rogers, S Zieger… - Journal of Advances …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Global wave hindcasts are developed using the third generation spectral wave model
WAVEWATCH III with the observation‐based source terms (ST6) and a hybrid rectilinear …

The wave energy resource

S Barstow, G Mørk, D Mollison, J Cruz - Ocean wave energy: current status …, 2008 - Springer
On an average day, about 1TWh of wave energy enters the coastal waters of the British
Isles. It is tempting to call this amount huge-it is about the same as the to-tal energy of the …