Spurious rollover of wave attenuation rates in sea ice caused by noise in field measurements
The effects of instrument noise on estimating the spectral attenuation rates of ocean waves in sea ice are explored using synthetic observations in which the true attenuation rates are known explicitly. The spectral shape of the energy added by noise, relative to the spectral shape of the true wave...
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ftunivnewcastnsw:uon:39795 2023-11-12T04:25:58+01:00 Spurious rollover of wave attenuation rates in sea ice caused by noise in field measurements Thomson, Jim Hošeková, Lucia Meylan, Michael H. Kohout, Alison L. Kumar, Nirnimesh The University of Newcastle. College of Engineering, Science & Environment, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences 2021 http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1435711 eng eng Wiley-Blackwell Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans Vol. 126, no. e2020JC016606 10.1029/2020JC016606 http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1435711 uon:39795 ISSN:2169-9275 © 2021. The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. raw wave wave spectra noise energy attenuation rates journal article 2021 ftunivnewcastnsw 2023-10-30T23:26:49Z The effects of instrument noise on estimating the spectral attenuation rates of ocean waves in sea ice are explored using synthetic observations in which the true attenuation rates are known explicitly. The spectral shape of the energy added by noise, relative to the spectral shape of the true wave energy, is the critical aspect of the investigation. A negative bias in attenuation that grows in frequency is found across a range of realistic parameters. This negative bias decreases the observed attenuation rates at high frequencies, such that it can explain the rollover effect commonly reported in field studies of wave attenuation in sea ice. The published results from five field experiments are evaluated in terms of the noise bias, and a spurious rollover (or flattening) of attenuation is found in all cases. Remarkably, the wave heights are unaffected by the noise bias, because the noise bias occurs at frequencies that contain only a small fraction of the total energy. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sea ice NOVA: The University of Newcastle Research Online (Australia) |
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The effects of instrument noise on estimating the spectral attenuation rates of ocean waves in sea ice are explored using synthetic observations in which the true attenuation rates are known explicitly. The spectral shape of the energy added by noise, relative to the spectral shape of the true wave energy, is the critical aspect of the investigation. A negative bias in attenuation that grows in frequency is found across a range of realistic parameters. This negative bias decreases the observed attenuation rates at high frequencies, such that it can explain the rollover effect commonly reported in field studies of wave attenuation in sea ice. The published results from five field experiments are evaluated in terms of the noise bias, and a spurious rollover (or flattening) of attenuation is found in all cases. Remarkably, the wave heights are unaffected by the noise bias, because the noise bias occurs at frequencies that contain only a small fraction of the total energy. |
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Spurious rollover of wave attenuation rates in sea ice caused by noise in field measurements |
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Spurious rollover of wave attenuation rates in sea ice caused by noise in field measurements |
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Spurious rollover of wave attenuation rates in sea ice caused by noise in field measurements |
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Spurious rollover of wave attenuation rates in sea ice caused by noise in field measurements |
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spurious rollover of wave attenuation rates in sea ice caused by noise in field measurements |
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans Vol. 126, no. e2020JC016606 10.1029/2020JC016606 http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1435711 uon:39795 ISSN:2169-9275 |
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© 2021. The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
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