Operational Analysis and Prediction of Ocean Wind Waves

✍ Scribed by M. L. Khandekar (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 222
• Series: Coastal and Estuarine Studies 33
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This monograph is an attempt to compile the present state of knowledge on ocean wave analysis and prediction. The emphasis of the monograph is on the development of ocean wave analysis and predic­ tion procedures and their utility for real-time operations and appli­ cations. Most of the material in the monograph is derived from journal articles, research reports and recent conference proceedings; some of the basic material is extracted from standard text books on physical oceanography and wind waves. Ocean wave analysis and prediction is becoming an important activity in the meteorological and oceanographic services of many countries. The present status of ocean wave prediction may be compar­ able to the status of numerical weather prediction of the mid-sixties and early seventies when a number of weather prediction models were developed for research purposes, many of which were later put into operational use by meteorological services of several countries. The increased emphasis on sea-state analysis and prediction has created a need for a ready reference material on various ocean wave analysis and modelling techniques and their utility. The present monograph is aimed at fulfilling this need. The monograph should prove useful to the ocean wave modelling community as well as to marine forecasters, coastal engineers and offshore technologists. The monograph could also be used for a senior undergraduate (or a first year graduate) level course in ocean wave modelling and marine meteorology.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Basic Wave Dynamics....Pages 6-27
Wave Generation, Propagation and Dissipation....Pages 28-42
Wave Prediction: Early Wave Prediction Techniques....Pages 43-67
Wave Prediction: Spectral Models....Pages 68-103
Wave Prediction in Shallow Water....Pages 104-126
Validation of Wave Models....Pages 127-164
Wind Specification for Wave Analysis and Prediction....Pages 165-178
Wave Analysis: Operations and Applications....Pages 179-203
Summary and Future Outlook....Pages 204-208
Back Matter....Pages 209-215

✦ Subjects

Oceanography;Geology;Automotive Engineering;Ecology;Meteorology/Climatology