Wave steepness from satellite altimetry for wave dynamics and climate studies

Experimental Studies of Wave Transmission through Single Perforated Sheets and Upright Perforated Wave Filters

Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Upright Perforated Wave Filters

Liu et al. (1987) proposed a theoretical solution for scattering of waves through a permeable dissipation region. On the basis of bulk dissipation of the incident wave energy, this method is extended to evaluate the reflection and transmission coefficients of waves through a wave filter composed of rows of perforated sheets aligned normally to the direction of wave propagation. The results of t...

Wave climate investigation for an array of wave power devices

This paper presents the results of a study carried out to determine the change in wave climate around an array of hypothetical wave devices. The main objective of this work is to investigate the change in wave height in the upstream and downstream of the devices for different levels of wave absorption. This is achieved by modeling the wave devices as porous structures with different porosity le...

Ocean Wave Period from Satellite Altimeters: Validation for Envisat Ra2

A model for ocean wave period from satellite altimeter data proposed by Gommenginger et al (2003; [1]) was applied to a dataset of ENVISAT RA2 measurements collocated with moored buoy data for cycle 15 to 26. Although the ocean wave period model was developed for Topex data gathered between 1993 and 1998, we find that the model performs equally well for RA2 Kuband without any need for adjustmen...

15 Years of Satellite Altimetry and Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics

The paper provides a review of recent results on mesoscale ocean dynamics derived from satellite altimetry. Since 1992, we have had an unprecedented 15 year high-resolution monitoring of the ocean mesoscale field. Altimetry is often used in mesoscale studies in synergy with other remote sensing techniques and in-situ data. This global, high-resolution data set has allowed oceanographers to quan...