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Wave height

About: Wave height is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5920 publications have been published within this topic receiving 100257 citations.


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TL;DR: In this paper, a global 1° implementation of the spectral wave model, WaveWatch III, was forced with surface winds from two atmosphere-ocean general circulation models (AOGCMs: ECHAM5 and CSIRO Mk3.5), dynamically downscaled to 60 km using the Cubic Conformal Atmospheric Model.

128 citations

01 Jan 2002
TL;DR: Mori et al. as mentioned in this paper presented an analysis of a set of available freak wave measurements gathered from several periods of continuous wave recordings made in the Sea of Japan during 1986-1990 by the Ship Research Institute of Japan.
Abstract: This paper presents an analysis of a set of available freak wave measurements gatheredfrom several periods of continuous wave recordings made in the Sea of Japan during 1986–1990 by the Ship Research Institute of Japan. The analysis provides an ideal opportunity tocatch a glimpse of the statistics of freak waves in the ocean. The results show that a well-defined freak wave may occur in the developed wind–wave condition: S(f) f 4 , with single-peak directional spectra. The crest and trough amplitude distributions of the observed seawaves including freak waves are different from the Rayleigh distribution, although the waveheight distribution tends to agree with the Rayleigh distribution. Freak waves can be readilyidentified from the wavelet spectrum where a strong energy density occurs in the spectrum,and is instantly surged and seemingly carried over to the high-frequency components at theinstant the freak wave occurs. 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. Keywords: Freak wave; Wave statistics; Wave height distribution; Wavelet analysis; Sea of Japan* Corresponding author. Tel.: +81-471-821-181; fax:+81-471-847-142.E-mail address:mori@criepi.denken.or.jp (N. Mori).

127 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, an extended set of Boussinesq equations, which are used to model breaking waves, is derived and the wave breaking is described by accounting for the effect of vorticity generated by the breaking process.

127 citations

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TL;DR: Radiance reflectance factors, as used to estimate water-leaving radiance from measured upwelling and sky radiances, are shown to depend on sky polarization, and improved values are given.
Abstract: Generation of random sea surfaces using wave variance spectra and Fourier transforms is formulated in a way that guarantees conservation of wave energy and fully resolves wave height and slope variances. Monte Carlo polarized ray tracing, which accounts for multiple scattering between light rays and wave facets, is used to compute effective Mueller matrices for reflection and transmission of air- or water-incident polarized radiance. Irradiance reflectances computed using a Rayleigh sky radiance distribution, sea surfaces generated with Cox-Munk statistics, and unpolarized ray tracing differ by 10%-18% compared with values computed using elevation- and slope-resolving surfaces and polarized ray tracing. Radiance reflectance factors, as used to estimate water-leaving radiance from measured upwelling and sky radiances, are shown to depend on sky polarization, and improved values are given.

126 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
2023166
2022326
2021251
2020262
2019272
2018242