[HTML][HTML] Statistical modelling of the ocean environment–A review of recent developments in theory and applications

E Vanem, T Zhu, A Babanin - Marine Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Probabilistic modelling and statistical analysis of environmental conditions is important for
the design and assessment of ships and other marine structures. It will give a necessary …

Uncertainties in long-term wave modelling

EM Bitner-Gregersen, T Waseda, J Parunov, S Yim… - Marine structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Uncertainties of wave data and models got increasing attention in the last decades by the
marine industry because of their importance for safety at sea. Improved knowledge about …

Experimental evidence of nonlinear focusing in standing water waves

Y He, A Slunyaev, N Mori, A Chabchoub - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Nonlinear wave focusing originating from the universal modulation instability (MI) is
responsible for the formation of strong wave localizations on the water surface and in …

Real-world rogue wave probabilities

D Häfner, J Gemmrich, M Jochum - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Rogue waves are dangerous ocean waves at least twice as high as the surrounding waves.
Despite an abundance of studies conducting simulations or wave tank experiments, there is …

Modeling “crossing sea state” wave patterns in layered and stratified fluids

HM Yin, Q Pan, KW Chow - Physical Review Fluids, 2023 - APS
Free surface waves with two or more spectral peaks propagating at an oblique angle to each
other are commonly termed “crossing sea states”. Such crossing patterns have been …

Statistical and dynamical characteristics of extreme wave crests assessed with field measurements from the North Sea

MP Malila, F Barbariol, A Benetazzo… - Journal of Physical …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Wave crests of unexpected height and steepness pose a danger to activities at sea, and
long-term field measurements provide important clues for understanding the environmental …

On kurtosis and extreme waves in crossing directional seas: a laboratory experiment

JF Luxmoore, S Ilic, N Mori - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2019 - cambridge.org
We examine the statistical properties of extreme and rogue wave activity in crossing
directional seas, to constrain the probabilistic distributions of wave heights and wave crests …

Space-time statistics of extreme ocean waves in crossing sea states

S Davison, A Benetazzo, F Barbariol… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The study of extreme ocean waves has gained considerable interest in recent years, due to
their importance for offshore design and navigation safety, and several theoretical …

Predicting the occurrence of rogue waves in the presence of opposing currents with a high-order spectral method

G Ducrozet, M Abdolahpour, F Nelli, A Toffoli - Physical Review Fluids, 2021 - APS
We discuss the dynamics of unidirectional random wave fields that propagate against an
opposing current through laboratory experiments and direct numerical simulations of the …

Statistical properties of surface gravity waves and freak wave occurrence in crossing sea states

S Liu, T Waseda, J Yao, X Zhang - Physical Review Fluids, 2022 - APS
A series of direct numerical simulations of the Euler equation are conducted using a high-
order spectral (HOS) method to investigate the nonlinear statistics and freak wave …