Program Details
FINAL PROGRAM
Sunday, September 24
4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Workshop Registration Desk Open
5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Icebreaker
5:30 p.m. Poster Display
- P1: Pacific Land Ocean Typhoon Experiment (Pilot); Stanley Boc Jr., Andrew Garcia, Cheryl Pollock
- P2: An Operational Way of Supplying CMC Forecast Wind Field with Hurricane Attitude to the Operational Wave Model; Serge Desjardins, Roop Lalbeharry, Harold Ritchie, Alan Macafee
- P3: Maritime Activities in Senegal; Mamina Kamara
- P4: Validation of a Regional Wave Model With Satellite And Buoy Observations; Jian-Guo Li, Martin Holt
- P5: Main Characteristics of Significant Wave Formation in the Coastal Zone of Vietnam; Bui Xuan Thong
- P6: Hawaiian Islands Severe Wave Climate 1995-2004; Barbara Tracy, Jeffrey Hanson, Alan Cialone, Hendrik Tolman, Douglas Scott, Robert Jensen
- P7: Marine Meteorology at Direction Meteorologie Nationale Morocco; Mohammed Harouche
- P8: Impact of Directionality on the Extreme Wave Occurrence in a Discrete Random Wave System; Takuji Waseda
- P9: MSC50 Wind and Wave Reanalysis (Companion Poster); V.R. Swail, V.J. Cardone, M. Ferguson, D.J. Gummer, E.L. Harris, E.A. Orelup, A.T. Cox
Monday, September 25
8:45 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
8:55 a.m. The WMO/IOC JCOMM Wave Programme; Alice Soares - Presentation
The JCOMM Extremes Wave Database; Val Swail
Session A: Wave Hindcasts
Chair: Alice Soares
- 9:25 a.m.: The MSC50 Wind and Wave Reanalysis; V.R. Swail, V.J. Cardone, M. Ferguson, D.J. Gummer, E.L. Harris, E.A. Orelup, A.T. Cox - Presentation
- 9:45 a.m.: Pacific Hindcast Performance Evaluation of Three Numerical Wave Models; Jeffrey Hanson, Barbara Tracy, Hendrik Tolman, Douglas Scott - Presentation
- 10:05 a.m.: Prediction of Extreme Wave Conditions in the Black Sea with Numerical Models; Eugen Rusu, Liliana Rusu, C. Guedes Soares - Presentation
10:25 a.m. Break
Session B: Extreme Storm Seas
Chair: Kevin Ewans
- 10:50 a.m.: Forecasting a 100-Year Wave Event; Anne Karin Magnusson, Magnar Reistad, Øyvind Breivik, Rasmus Myklebust, Ellis Ash - Presentation
- 11:20 a.m.: Extreme Waves in the ECMWF Operational Wave Forecasting System; Jean-Raymond Bidlot, Peter Janssen, Salah Abdalla - Presentation
- 11:40 a.m.: Application of the UK Met Office North Atlantic and European Regional Wave Model for Prediction of Extreme Sea States; Gary Fullerton, Jian-Guo Li, Martin Holt, Andrew Saulter - Withdrawn
12:00 p.m. Lunch
Session C: Extreme Storm Seas: Tropical Storms
Chair: Vincent Cardone
- 1:30 p.m.: Performance of Third Generation Wave Models In Extreme Hurricanes; R.E. Jensen, V.J. Cardone, A.T. Cox - Presentation
- 2:00 p.m.: The Impact of Roughness Changes by Sea State under Typhoon Field; Nadao Kohno, Akihiro Murata, Wataru Mashiko - Presentation
- 2:20 p.m.: Modeling Nearshore Waves for Hurricane Katrina; Jane McKee Smith - Presentation
- 2:40 p.m.: Hurricane-Generated Ocean Waves; Fumin Xu, Will Perrie, Bechara Toulany, Peter C. Smith - Presentation
- 3:00 p.m.: TBD
3:20 p.m. Break
Discussion Session: Extreme Storm Seas
Chair: Vincent Cardone
3:50 p.m.
Tuesday, September 26
Session D: Wave Climate Trend and Variability
Chair: Paul H. Taylor
- 8:45 a.m.: Detection of Human Influence on Trends of North Atlantic Ocean Wave Heights and Atmospheric Storminess; Xiaolan Wang, Val Swail, Xuebin Zhang, Francis Zwiers, Myles Allen - Presentation
- 9:10 a.m.: Changes in the North Sea Extreme Waves; Sofia Caires, Jacco Groeneweg, Andreas Sterl - Presentation
- 9:35 a.m.: Applications of the Dynamical and Statistical Downscaling Techniques to the Local Multi-Decade Wave Simulations; Lidia Gaslikova - Presentation
- 9:55 a.m.: Extreme Wind Waves Worldwide from the VOS Data and Their Changes over the Last 50 Years; Vika Grigorieva, Sergey Gulev - Presentation
10:15 a.m. Break
Session E: Wave Climate Trend and Variability II
Chair: Xiaolan Wang
- 10:45 a.m.: Climatic Variations in Hurricane Characteristics And their Potential Effects on Waves and Surges in the Gulf of Mexico; Donald Resio, Liz Orelup - Presentation
- 11:15 a.m.: Directional Wave Climatology for the Hawaiian Islands from Buoy Data and the Influence of ENSO on Extreme Wave Events from Model Hindcast; Jerome Aucan - Presentation
- 11:35 a.m.: Evaluating Extreme Storm Power and Potential Implications to Coastal Infrastructure Damage, Oregon Coast; Heidi P. Moritz, Hans R. Moritz - Presentation
11:55 a.m. Lunch
Session F: Wave Climate for Design
Chair: Sofia Caires
- 1:30 p.m.: The Nature of the Draupner Giant Wave of 1st January 1995 and the Associated Sea-State, and How to Estimate Directional Spreading from an Eulerian Surface Elevation Time History; Paul H. Taylor, Thomas A.A. Adcock, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Daniel A.G. Walker, Yao Yao - Presentation
- 2:00 p.m.: Extreme and Freak Waves: The Difference and Similarity; Leonid Lopatoukhin, Alexander Boukhanovsky - Presentation
- 2:20 p.m.: Investigating Parent Distribution of Typhoon-Generated Annual Maximum Wave Height and Sample Distribution of Return Wave Height on the East China Sea; Masataka Yamaguchi, Hirokazu Nonaka, Yoshio Hatada - Presentation
- 2:40 p.m.: Estimating Extreme Wave Design Criteria Incorporating Directionality; Kevin Ewans, Philip Jonathan - Presentation
- 3:00 p.m.: Reasons for Focussing More on Prediction of the Very Extreme Sea States; Sverre Haver - Presentation
3:20 p.m. Break
Discussion Session: Wave Climate Change and Variability and Design Criteria
Chair: Val Swail
3:50 p.m.
Wednesday, September 27
Session G: Wave Modelling
Chair: Don Resio
- 8:45 a.m.: On Modelling Spectral Dissipation Due to Wave Breaking for Ocean Wind Waves; Michael L. Banner, Russel P. Morison - Presentation
- 9:15 a.m.: The Spectral Scale of Surface Wave-Breaking; Johannes Gemmrich - Presentation
- 9:35 a.m.: Wave Breaking Energy in Coastal Region; Ray-Qing Lin, Lihwa Lin - Presentation
- 9:55 a.m.: Direct Numerical Verification of the Theory of Weak Turbulence; A. O. Korotkevich, A. Pushkarev, D. Resio, V. E. Zakharov - Presentation
10:15 a.m. Break
Session H: Wave Modelling II
Chair: Michael Banner
- 10:45 a.m.: Flux Balance and Self-Similar Laws of Wind Wave Growth; S. I. Badulin, A. V. Babanin, A. N. Pushkarev, V. E. Zakharov, D. T. Resio - Presentation
- 11:15 a.m.: Towards an Optimal Computation of Non-Linear Four-Wave Interactions in Operational Wave Models; Gerbrant Van Vledder - Presentation
- 11:35 a.m.: A Two-Scale Approximation for Efficient Representation of Nonlinear Energy Transfers in a Wind Wave Spectrum; Donald Resio, Will Perrie - Presentation
- 11:55 a.m.: Source Term Balance Using a Two-Scale Approximation (TSA) For Nonlinear Transfers in High Wind Conditions; Will Perrie, Donald Resio - Presentation
12:15 p.m. Lunch
Session I: Shallow Water Wave Modelling
Chair: Hendrik Tolman
- 1:45 p.m.: Computations and Data Analysis of Very Non-linear, Directionally Spread Shallow Water Waves; A.R. Osborne, M. Onorato, D.T. Resio, C.E. Long
- 2:15 p.m.: Evaluation of Diffraction Behind a Semi-Infinite Breakwater in the SWAN Wave Model; François Enet, Alphonse Nahon, Gerbrant van Vledder, David Hurdle - Presentation
- 2:35 p.m.: Development & Validation of Hindcast-Driven Nearshore Wave Information; William R. Dally, Daniel A. Osiecki - Presentation
- 2:55 p.m.: 2-D Surface Elevation Measurements by Means of X-Band Radar: An Application of WAMOS II at Duck; Katrin Hessner, Konstanze Reichert, Jens Dannenberg, Kent Hathaway, Don Resio - Presentation
3:15 p.m. Break
Discussion Session: Wave Modelling
Chair: Don Resio
3:45 p.m.
6:00 p.m. Reception
7:00 p.m. Banquet
Thursday, September 28
Session J: Nearshore and Coastal Waves
Chair: Jean-Michel Lefevre
- 9:00 a.m.: Numerical Study of Wave-Current Interaction Using High Resolution Coupled Model in the Kuroshio Region; Hitoshi Tamura, Takuji Waseda, Yasumasa Miyazawa, Kosei Komatsu - Presentation
- 9:20 a.m.: Wave Induced Surface Currents on the Grand Banks; Charles Tang, Will Perrie, Peter C. Smith - Presentation
- 9:40 a.m.: Wind and Wave Modelling in an Operational Warning System Against Flooding; Gerbrant van Vledder, Lykle Voort, Gijs van Banning, Elizabeth J. Claessens, Yede Bruinsma - Presentation
10:00 a.m. Break
Session K: Nearshore and Coastal Waves II
Chair: Andrew Cox
- 10:30 a.m.: Evaluation of a Nested Version of the Wave Model WAM4.5 during the DND Field Experiment Near Halifax, Nova Scotia; Roop Lalbeharry - Presentation
- 10:50 a.m.: Wave Forecasting for Offshore Wind Farms; Morten Rugbjerg, Ole René Sørensen, Vagner Jacobsen - Presentation
- 11:10 a.m.: Wave and Current Forecast System for the Mouth of the Fraser River; James Stronach, Lillian Zaremba, May Wong, Laurie Neil, Neil McLennan - Presentation
- 11:30 a.m.: Estimating Nearshore Waves at a Morphologically Complex Inlet during Extreme Storm Conditions: Comparative Performance of Two Phase-Averaged Models; Hans R. Moritz, Heidi P. Moritz, David R. Michalsen - Presentation
11:50 a.m. Sessions end for the day
Friday, September 29
Session L: Forecast Models
Chair: Serge Desjardins
- 8:45 a.m.: Towards the Third Release of WAVEWATCH III: A Multi-Grid Model Version; Hendrik Tolman - Presentation
- 9:15 a.m.: Assimilation of RA-2 Altimeter and ASAR Data in 3G Wave Model; J.-M. Lefevre, L. Aouf - Presentation
- 9:35 a.m.: Numerical Simulation of Wind Wave Field; Lihwa Lin, Ray-Qing Lin, Jerome P.Y. Maa - Presentation
- 9:55 a.m.: The Influence of Wave Drag and Sea Spray on Storm Waves; Weiqing Zhang, Will Perrie - Presentation
10:15 a.m. Break
- 10:45 a.m.: Wave Analysis Guidance for Tropical Cyclone Forecast Advisories; Paul Wittmann, Charles Sampson, Hendrik Tolman - Presentation
- 11:15 a.m.: The Effect of Improved Marine Wind Forecasts on Wave Forecasts from WAM; Laurence Wilson, Otilia Diaconu - Presentation
- 11:35 a.m. Closing remarks
12:00 p.m. Workshop Ends