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OCEAN DYNAMICS
卷 65, 期 2, 页码 241-254出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-014-0794-6
关键词
Wind waves; WAM model; North Atlantic extratropical storms; Extreme sea states; Benjamin-Feir index; Empirical orthogonal functions
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资金
- Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-Fundacao Portuguesa para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia) [EXPL/AAG-MAA/1001/2013]
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology) [SFRH/BPD/84358/2012]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BPD/84358/2012, EXPL/AAG-MAA/1001/2013] Funding Source: FCT
This study examines the variability of freak wave parameters around the eye of northern hemisphere extratropical cyclones. The data was obtained from a hindcast performed with the WAve Model (WAM) model forced by the wind fields of the Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR). The hindcast results were validated against the wave buoys and satellite altimetry data showing a good correlation. The variability of different wave parameters was assessed by applying the empirical orthogonal functions (EOF) technique on the hindcast data. From the EOF analysis, it can be concluded that the first empirical orthogonal function (V1) accounts for greater share of variability of significant wave height (Hs), peak period (Tp), directional spreading (SPR) and Benjamin-Feir index (BFI). The share of variance in V1 varies for cyclone and variable: for the 2nd storm and Hs V1 contains 96 % of variance while for the 3rd storm and BFI V1 accounts only for 26 % of variance. The spatial patterns of V1 show that the variables are distributed around the cyclones centres mainly in a lobular fashion.
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