The Future Northeast Atlantic Wave Energy Potential under Climate Change

The Twenty-seventh (2017) International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, San Francisco, California, 25-30 June The potential changes to the wave energy flux and wave directionality of the Northeast Atlantic region towards the end of the 21st century are examined using a two-grid WAVEWATCH III...

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Main Authors: Janjić, Jelena, Gallagher, Sarah, Dias, Frédéric
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers 2018
Subjects:
Ocean renewable energy
WAVEWATCHIII
Northeast Atlantic
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10197/9191
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Summary:The Twenty-seventh (2017) International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, San Francisco, California, 25-30 June The potential changes to the wave energy flux and wave directionality of the Northeast Atlantic region towards the end of the 21st century are examined using a two-grid WAVEWATCH III model ensemble, driven by the EC-Earth global climate model under Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) RCP4.5 and RCP8.5. A decrease in the wave energy flux across all seasons and a change in the directionality (mean and peak wave direction) was found, with both clockwise and anticlockwise rotations of up to 10° in some regions of the Northeast Atlantic by the end of the century. Science Foundation Ireland

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