Spectral wave modelling of the extreme 2013/2014 winter storms in the North-East Atlantic
International audience This works aims to investigate the impact of wind forcing datasets and wave breaking parameterizations on spectral wave model performance under extremely energetic conditions. For this purpose we used the wave model WaveWatch III to simulate the evolution of the highly energet...
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ftunivbrest:oai:HAL:hal-04202679v1 2024-04-14T08:16:16+00:00 Spectral wave modelling of the extreme 2013/2014 winter storms in the North-East Atlantic Ruju, Andrea Filipot, Jean-Francois Bentamy, Abderrahim Leckler, Fabien Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale (LOPS) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) ANR-10-IEED-0006,FEM,France Energies Marines(2010) 2020-11 https://hal.science/hal-04202679 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.108012 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.108012 hal-04202679 https://hal.science/hal-04202679 doi:10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.108012 ISSN: 0029-8018 Ocean Engineering https://hal.science/hal-04202679 Ocean Engineering, 2020, 216, 108012 (19p.). ⟨10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.108012⟩ [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2020 ftunivbrest https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.108012 2024-03-21T16:22:40Z International audience This works aims to investigate the impact of wind forcing datasets and wave breaking parameterizations on spectral wave model performance under extremely energetic conditions. For this purpose we used the wave model WaveWatch III to simulate the evolution of the highly energetic storms that occurred in winter 2013/2014 in the North-East Atlantic. We forced the wave model with two different wind datasets: one proceeding from the ECMWF ERAS reanalysis dataset and the other from satellite observations. Moreover, two wave energy dissipation parameterizations were tested: Test471 and Test500. The model accuracy was assessed by comparing the output datasets with buoy data both in deep and coastal water. Moreover, wave height measurements from satellite were used to assess the model accuracy along storm tracks across the ocean. The accuracy of simulated results shows a significant dependence on the wind forcing and wave dissipation parameterization used. Error metrics computed under storm conditions at wave buoys are consistent with those computed along storm tracks. At the wave buoy locations, all datasets tend to underestimate wave parameters at the peaks of the storms. Article in Journal/Newspaper North East Atlantic Université de Bretagne Occidentale: HAL Ocean Engineering 216 108012 |
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International audience This works aims to investigate the impact of wind forcing datasets and wave breaking parameterizations on spectral wave model performance under extremely energetic conditions. For this purpose we used the wave model WaveWatch III to simulate the evolution of the highly energetic storms that occurred in winter 2013/2014 in the North-East Atlantic. We forced the wave model with two different wind datasets: one proceeding from the ECMWF ERAS reanalysis dataset and the other from satellite observations. Moreover, two wave energy dissipation parameterizations were tested: Test471 and Test500. The model accuracy was assessed by comparing the output datasets with buoy data both in deep and coastal water. Moreover, wave height measurements from satellite were used to assess the model accuracy along storm tracks across the ocean. The accuracy of simulated results shows a significant dependence on the wind forcing and wave dissipation parameterization used. Error metrics computed under storm conditions at wave buoys are consistent with those computed along storm tracks. At the wave buoy locations, all datasets tend to underestimate wave parameters at the peaks of the storms. |
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Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale (LOPS) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) ANR-10-IEED-0006,FEM,France Energies Marines(2010) |
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Spectral wave modelling of the extreme 2013/2014 winter storms in the North-East Atlantic |
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Spectral wave modelling of the extreme 2013/2014 winter storms in the North-East Atlantic |
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Spectral wave modelling of the extreme 2013/2014 winter storms in the North-East Atlantic |
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Spectral wave modelling of the extreme 2013/2014 winter storms in the North-East Atlantic |
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Spectral wave modelling of the extreme 2013/2014 winter storms in the North-East Atlantic |
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ISSN: 0029-8018 Ocean Engineering https://hal.science/hal-04202679 Ocean Engineering, 2020, 216, 108012 (19p.). ⟨10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.108012⟩ |
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