Investigation of unexpected sea-states
OMAE2004-51181, paper print It is assumed that dangerous and unexpected sea-states may occur if the sea conditions are fairly rough. It is therefore of concern to meteo centers to include sea-state related parameters in marine weather forecast when they exceed a certain threshold. To select appropri...
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| Format: | Conference Object |
| Language: | English |
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2004
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| Online Access: | https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/123456789/154433 |
| Summary: | OMAE2004-51181, paper print It is assumed that dangerous and unexpected sea-states may occur if the sea conditions are fairly rough. It is therefore of concern to meteo centers to include sea-state related parameters in marine weather forecast when they exceed a certain threshold. To select appropriate parameters that can point at dangerous wave events, the sea-state at the time and location of shipping accidents reported as being due to bad weather by the Lloyd's Marine Information Service (LMIS) were extracted from the ECMWF ERA-40 archive. The analysis of these wave parameters reveals the occurrence of apparently rather low sea-states (e.g. Hm0 < 4 m). To test the findings against the related oceanographic features, wave climatology was computed. The present study aims at finding a possible correlation between wave climate and shyipping incidents to identify warning criteria. status: published |
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