Program Details

Sunday October 27

4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Workshop Registration Desk Open

6:00 - 9:00 p.m. Icebreaker

6:00 p.m. Session P: Poster Display

Monday October 28

8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introduction

Session A: Wave Measurement - In Situ

Chair: Val Swail

• 8:50 a.m. - A1 - Are wave measurements actually ground truth?
  • R.E. Jensen, V. Swail and T.J. Hesser
    Presenter: Val Swail
• 9:30 a.m. - A3 - Intrisic variability in wave parameters and effect on wave statistics
  • Elzbieta Bitner-Gregersen and Anne Karin Magnusson
    Presenter: Elzbieta Bitner-Gregersen
• 9:50 a.m. - A4 - Extreme wave observations in deep ocean
  • Takuji Waseda, Keiji Kiyomatsu, Tomoya Nishida, Wataru Fujimoto and Masato Shinchi
    Presenter: Takuji Waseda
• 10:10 a.m. - A5 - Examining field measurements during the December 2012 storm in the North Sea
  • Marios Christou, Richard Gibson and Graham Feld
    Presenter: Marios Christou

10:30 a.m. Break

Session B: Wave Measurement - Remote Sensing

Chair: Anne Karin Magnusson

• 10:50 a.m. - B1 - What does a wave radar actually measure?
  • Kevin Ewans, Philip Jonathan and Graham Feld
    Presenter: Kevin Ewans
• 11:10 a.m. - B2 - On the imaging of surface gravity waves by marine radar: Implications for a moving platform
  • Bjorn Lund, Clarence O. Collins III, Hans C. Graber and Eric Terrill
    Presenter: Clarence O. Collins III
• 11:30 a.m. - B3 - High-Resolution Radar Wave and Current Measurements in Highly Inhomogeneous Coastal Areas
  • Katrin Hessner, Konstanze Reichert and Jose Carlos Nieto Borge
    Presenter: Katrin Hessner

11:50 a.m. Lunch

Session C: Forecasting Dangerous Sea States

Chair: Hendrik Tolman

• 1:30 p.m. - C1 - Forecasting extreme wave events in moderate and high sea states
  • Anne Karin Magnusson and Jean Bidlot
    Presenter: Anne Karin Magnusson
• 1:50 p.m. - C2 - An approach for tough navigation sea information
  • Nadao Kohno
    Presenter: Nadao Kohno
• 2:10 p.m. - C3 - Freak Wave in Two Wave Systems
  • Nobuhito Mori, Suzana Ilic and Jamie Luxmoore
    Presenter: Nobuhito Mori
• 2:30 p.m. - C4 - Incorporating breaking wave predictions in spectral wave forecast models
  • Michael Banner and Russel Morison
    Presenter: Russel Morison
• 2:50 p.m. - C5 - Predicting the wave breaking probability in deep to finite-depth waters
  • Alex Babanin
    Presenter: Alex Babanin
• 3:30 p.m. - C6 - Tropical cyclone generated rouge waves
  • Clarence Olin Collins III
    Presenter: Clarence Olin Collins III
• 3:50 p.m. - C7 - Dangerous hardly visible seas from an installation contractor perspective
  • Frank Melger
    Presenter: Frank Melger

3:10 p.m. Break

4:10 p.m. Discussion: Forecasting Dangerous Sea States Chair: Andrew Saulter

• 1:30 p.m. - C1 - Forecasting extreme wave events in moderate and high sea states
  • Anne Karin Magnusson and Jean Bidlot
    Presenter: Anne Karin Magnusson
• 1:50 p.m. - C2 - An approach for tough navigation sea information
  • Nadao Kohno
    Presenter: Nadao Kohno
• 2:10 p.m. - C3 - Freak Wave in Two Wave Systems
  • Nobuhito Mori, Suzana Ilic and Jamie Luxmoore
    Presenter: Nobuhito Mori
• 2:30 p.m. - C4 - Incorporating breaking wave predictions in spectral wave forecast models
  • Michael Banner and Russel Morison
    Presenter: Russel Morison
• 2:50 p.m. - C5 - Predicting the wave breaking probability in deep to finite-depth waters
  • Alex Babanin
    Presenter: Alex Babanin
• 3:30 p.m. - C6 - Tropical cyclone generated rouge waves
  • Clarence Olin Collins III
    Presenter: Clarence Olin Collins III
• 3:50 p.m. - C7 - Dangerous hardly visible seas from an installation contractor perspective
  • Frank Melger
    Presenter: Frank Melger

5:30 p.m. Sessions end for day

Tuesday October 29

Session D: Advances in Storm Surge Modelling

Chair: Kevin Horsburgh

• 8:30 a.m. - D1 - Hurricane Sandy (2012) Waves,Surge,and Circulation: Synoptic Analysis and Validation Using the SWAN+ADCIRC coupled wave-circulation model
  • Joannes J. Westerink, M.E. Hope, A.B. Kennedy, H.J. Westerink, M.D. Powell, V.J. Cardone and A.T. Cox
    Presenter: Joannes J. Westerink
• 8:50 a.m. - D2 - Surrogate modeling for storm waves and surge forecasts
  • Jane McKee Smith, Jeffrey A. Melby, Alexandros A. Taflanidis and Andrew B. Kennedy
    Presenter: Jane McKee Smith
• 9:10 a.m. - D3 - Implications of Ice Cover on Storm Surge Dynamics in the Beaufort Sea
  • Michael B. Salisbury, Andrew Cox and Val Swail
    Presenter: Michael B. Salisbury
• 9:30 a.m. - D4 - Ensemble prediction of storm surge for the city of Venice
  • R. Mel and P. Lionello
    Presenter: Piero Lionello
• 9:50 a.m. - D5 - The contribution of altimetry to storm surge modelling in the eSurge project
  • Kevin Horsburgh, Phillip Harwood and Craig Donlon
    Presenter: Kevin Horsburgh

10:10 a.m. Break

Session E: Coastal Impacts and Inundation

Chair: Boram Lee

• 10:30 a.m. - E1 - Tsunami inundation of complex coastal regions modeled in GPUSPH
  • Robert A. Dalrymple, Brian Lindberg, Alexis H‚rault, Giuseppe Bilotta and Eugenio Rustico
    Presenter: Robert A. Dalrymple
• 10:50 a.m. - E2 - A statistical description on the wind-coherent responses of sea surface heights off the U.S. West Coast
  • Sung Yong Kim
    Presenter: Sung Yong Kim
• 11:10 a.m. - E3 - A semi-empirical approach for extreme sea-level early warning forecasts along the Italian coasts
  • A. Bonaduce, N. Pinardi, G. Coppini, G.Nardone and F.Lalli
    Presenter: A. Bonaduce
• 11:30 a.m. - E4 - The WMO Coastal Inundation Forecasting Demonstration Project (CIFDP)
  • Boram Lee, Don Resio and Val Swail
    Presenter: Val Swail

11:50 p.m. Lunch

Session F: Risk

Chair: Don Resio

• 1:30 p.m. - F1 - Estimation of storm surge hazards in the New York bight area
  • Shannon Kay and Donald Resio
    Presenter: Shannon Kay
• 1:50 p.m. - F2 - The importance of spatial scales in coastal flood risk assessment
  • Jen Irish and Donald T. Resio
    Presenter: Jen Irish
• 2:10 p.m. - F3 - Modelling coastal flood risk in the data poor Bay of Bengal region
  • Matt Lewis, Kevin Horsburgh and Paul Bates
    Presenter: Matt Lewis
• 2:30 p.m. - F4 - Dealing with extreme storm surges in The Netherlands
  • Hans de Vries
    Presenter: Hans de Vries
• 2:50 p.m. - F5 - Measurement of winter swell transformation and breaking over a narrow steep shelf reef system
  • Juan Gonzalez-Lopez, Joannes Westerink, Andrew Kennedy, Miguel Canals, Jane M. Smith, Andre van der Westhuysen, Rick Luettich, Julio M. Morell and Jorge E. Capella
    Presenter: Juan Gonzalez-Lopez

3:10 p.m. Break

Session G: Design

Chair: Kevin Ewans

• 3:50 p.m. - G1 - Multidimensional covariate effects in spatial and joint extremes
  • Philip Jonathan, Kevin Ewans and David Randell
    Presenter: Philip Jonathan
• 4:10 p.m. - G2 - Wind and Wave Extremes over the World Oceans From Very Large Forecast Ensembles
  • Oyvind Breivik, Ole Johan Aarnes, Saleh Abdalla and Jean-Raymond Bidlot
    Presenter: Oyvind Breivik
• 4:30 p.m. - G3 - Environmental contour method: An approximate method for obtaining characteristic response extremes for design purposes
  • Sverre Haver, Kjersti Bruserud and Gro Sagli Baarholm
    Presenter: Sverre Haver
• 4:50 p.m. - G4 - Probability of occurrence of rogue sea states and consequences for design
  • Elzbieta M. Bitner-Gregersen and Alessandro Toffoli
    Presenter: Elzbieta M. Bitner-Gregersen

5:10 p.m. Sessions end for day

Wednesday October 30

Session H: Operational Wave Forecasting

Chair: Jean Bidlot

• 8:30 a.m. - H1 - The 4th public release of WAVEWATCH III
  • Hendrik L. Tolman
    Presenter: Hendrik L. Tolman
• 8:50 a.m. - H2 - Recent improvements in the operational wave forecasting system of M‚t‚o-France : Modelling and assimilation
  • Lotfi Aouf and Jean-Michel Lefevre
    Presenter: Lotfi Aouf
• 9:10 a.m. - H3 - Unified Global and Regional Wave Model on a Multi-Resolution Grid
  • Jian-Guo Li and Andrew Saulter
    Presenter: Jian-Guo Li
• 9:30 a.m. - H4 - Ensemble Kalman Filter Based Data Assimilation in Wave Models
  • Paula Etala and Pablo Echevarr¡a
    Presenter: Paula Etala
• 9:50 a.m. - H5 - CFSR surface wind calibration for wave modelling purposes
  • Sander Hulst and Gerbrant van Vledder
    Presenter: Gerbrant van Vledder

10:10 a.m. Break

Session I: Operational Wave and Storm Surge Forecasting

Chair: Nadao Kohno

• 10:30 a.m. - I1 - Inclusion of sea ice attenuation in an operational wave model
  • Jean Raymond Bidlot, Martin J. Doble and Yongming Tang
    Presenter: Jean Raymond Bidlot
• 10:50 a.m. - I2 - Toward operational long-range deterministic and ensemble storm surge prediction systems for Atlantic Canada
  • Natacha B. Bernier and Keith R. Thompson
    Presenter: Natacha B. Bernier
• 11:10 a.m. - I3 - Wave Information Sensitivity for Ocean Currents Under Typhoon Condition
  • Junichi Ninomiya, Nobuhito Mori, Tomohiro Yasuda, Hajime Mase and John Warner
    Presenter: Junichi Ninomiya

11:30 a.m. Lunch

Session J: Wave Modelling - Wave-wave Interactions

Chair: Mike Banner

• 1:30 p.m. - J1 - Application of the two-scale approximation of the wave-wave interaction source term in wind-wave modeling
  • Christopher J. Bender, Charles E. Long and Donald T Resio
    Presenter: Christopher J. Bender
• 1:50 p.m. - J2 - A two-scale approximation for wave-wave Interactions in operational wave forecast models
  • Will Perrie, Bash Toulany, Aron Roland and Don Resio
    Presenter: Will Perrie
• 2:10 p.m. - J3 - Inter-comparison study of methods for computing non-linear four-wave interactions in discrete spectral wave models
  • Gerbrant van Vledder and Noriaki Hashimoto
    Presenter: Gerbrant van Vledder
• 2:30 p.m. - J4 - Problems with detailed-balance calculations of SNL and possible alternative estimation methods
  • Donald Resio, Dorukhan Ardag and Christopher Bender
    Presenter: Dorukhan Ardag
• 2:50 p.m. - J5 - The source term balance and consistent spectral shapes in 3G models
  • Don Resio
    Presenter: Don Resio

3:10 p.m. Break and Poster Session

Session K: Wave Modelling - Nearshore

Chair: Gerbrant van Vledder

• 4:10 p.m. - K1 - Nonlinear waves over vegetation
  • James Kaihatu and Aravinda Venkattaramanan
    Presenter: James Kaihatu
• 4:30 p.m. - K2 - Spatial Variability of Directional Misalignment between Waves and Wind in the Baltic Sea-model Study
  • Victor Alari and Gerbrant Ph. Van Vledder
    Presenter: Victor Alari

4:50 p.m. Sessions end for day

6:00 p.m. Reception

7:00 p.m. Banquet

Thursday October 31

Session L: Wave-Current Interactions

Chair:

• 8:30 a.m. - L1 - Improving wave model validation based on RMSE
  • L. Mentaschi, G. Besio and A. Mazzino
    Presenter: L. Mentaschi
• 8:50 a.m. - L2 - First studies with the high-resolution coupled wave current model CWAM and other aspects of the project Sea State Monitor
  • Jens Kieser, Thomas Bruns, Anja Lindenthal, Thorger Brning, Frank Janssen, Arno Behrens, Xiao-Ming Li, Susanne Lehner and Andrey Pleskachevsky
    Presenter: Jens Kieser
• 9:10 a.m. - L3 - Coupled wave-ocean modeling system in the Mediterranean Sea
  • E. Clementi, P. Oddo, G. Korres, M. Drudi and N. Pinardi
    Presenter: E. Clementi
• 9:30 a.m. - L4 - The Stokes drift and wave induced-mass flux in the North Pacific
  • Hitoshi Tamura, Yasumasa Miyazawa and Lie-Yauw Oey
    Presenter: Hitoshi Tamura

9:50 a.m. Break

Session M: Wave Climate Trend and Variability

Chair: Oyvind Breivik

• 10:10 a.m. - M1 - Linear trends of wind speed and wave height based on ERA-INTERIM at different forecast range - 1979-2011
  • Ole Johan Aarnes, Saleh Abdalla, Jean-Raymond Bidlot, Oyvind Breivik, Alvaro Semedo and Andreas Sterl
    Presenter: Ole Johan Aarnes
• 10:30 a.m. - M2 - Estimation of local monthly wave climate indices
  • P. Camus, F. J. M‚ndez, I.J. Losada, M. Men‚ndez, A. Espejo, J. P‚rez, A. Rueda and Y.Guanche
    Presenter: P. Camus
• 10:50 a.m. - M3 - Exploring spectral wave climate variability using a weather-type approach
  • Antonio Espejo, Fernando J. M‚ndez, I¤igo J. Losada and Paula Camus
    Presenter: Fernando J. M‚ndez
• 11:10 a.m. - M4 - A Bayesian Hierarchical Space-Time Model Applied to High-Resolution Hindcast Data of Signicant Wave Height
  • Erik Vanem
    Presenter: Erik Vanem
• 11:30 a.m. - M5 - Marine storminess (1880-2012) from VOS: climate variability in wind wave extremes and geometry
  • Sergey Gulev and Vika Grigorieva
    Presenter: Sergey Gulev
• 11:50 a.m. - M6 - Global Wave Climate Trend and Variability
  • Andrew Cox, Vince Cardone, Xiaolan Wang and Val Swail
    Presenter: Andrew Cox

12:10 p.m. Lunch

Session N: Wave Hindcasts

Chair: Andrew Cox

• 1:30 p.m. - N1 - A 30-year global wave hindcast focussed on the South Pacific
  • Tom Durrant, Diana Greenslade, Mark Hemer and Claire Trenham
    Presenter: Tom Durrant
• 1:50 p.m. - N2 - Wind Sea and Swell Waves in the Nordic Seas
  • Alvaro Semedo, Roberto Vettor, ?yvind Breivik, Andreas Sterl, Magnar Reistad and Carlos Guedes Soares
    Presenter: Alvaro Semedo
• 2:10 p.m. - N3 - Wind waves variability in the Atlantic and Caribbean Sea
  • J. Antonio Salinas, M. Eugenia Maya and Diana Ramierz
    Presenter: J. Antonio Salinas
• 2:30 p.m. - N4 - A 34-year Nearshore Wave Hindcast for Ireland (Atlantic and Irish Sea Coasts): Wave Climate and Energy Resource Assessment
  • Sarah Gallagher, Roxana Tiron and Frederic Dias
    Presenter: Sarah Gallagher
• 2:50 p.m. - N5 - Implementation and development of optimised spectral wave hindcasting techniques
  • Damien Tocquer, Guillaume Lanardie and Oliver Jones
    Presenter: Oliver Jones
• 3:10 p.m. - N6 - Modelling Very Extreme Storm Seas (VESS)
  • Vince Cardone, Brian Callahan, Henry Chen, Andrew Cox, Mike Morrone and Val Swail
    Presenter: Andrew Cox

3:30 p.m. Break

Session O: Storm Surge Climate and Projections

Chair: Mark Hemer

• 3:50 p.m. - O1 - The wave and surge climate of the NW European continental shelf
  • Judith Wolf, Lucy Bricheno, Jenny Brown and Pedro Osuna
    Presenter: Judith Wolf
• 4:10 p.m. - O2 - Climate simulations of storm surges and wind waves in the Mediterranean Sea
  • P.Lionello, L.Marzo and D.Conte
    Presenter: P.Lionello

4:30 p.m. Sessions end for the day

Friday November 1

Session Q: Ocean Wave Climate Projections - COWCLIP

Chair: Sergey Gulev

• 8:30 a.m. - Q1 - CMIP5 multi-model projected changes in global ocean surface wave heights
  • Xiaolan L. Wang, Yang Feng and Val R. Swail
    Presenter: Xiaolan L. Wang
• 8:50 a.m. - Q2 - The added value of using nested high resolution WaveWatch3 grids for quantification of extreme wave events along the U.S. and Canadian West Coasts in response to 21st century CMIP5 winds
  • Li H. Erikson, Christie Hegermiller, Patrick L. Barnard and Peter Ruggiero
    Presenter: Li H. Erikson
• 9:10 a.m. - Q3 - Estimates of the contribution of wind-waves in the coupled ocean-atmosphere climate system
  • Mark Hemer, Baylor Fox-Kemper, Ramsey Harcourt and Elodie Charles
    Presenter: Mark Hemer
• 9:30 a.m. - Q4 - Parameterization of a wave-dependent surface roughness: A step towards a fully coupled atmosphere-ocean-sea ice-wave system
  • Elodie Charles and Mark Hemer
    Presenter: Elodie Charles
• 9:50 a.m. - Q5 - Ocean Surface Gravity Waves and Climate Modeling
  • Yalin Fan and Stephen M. Griffies
    Presenter: Yalin Fan

10:10 a.m. Break

Session R: Ocean Wave Climate Projections

Chair: Xiaolan Wang

• 10:30 a.m. - R1 - Future Projections of Global Wave Climate by Multi-SST and Multi-Physics Ensemble Experiments
  • Tomoya Shimura, Nobuhito Mori, Tomohiro Yasuda and Hajime Mase
    Presenter: Tomoya Shimura
• 10:50 a.m. - R2 - Assessing Wave Climate Trends in the Bay of Biscay Through an Intercomparison of Wave Hindcasts and Reanalysis
  • F. Paris, S. Lecacheux and D. Idier
    Presenter: F. Paris
• 11:10 a.m. - R3 - Wave hindcast and climate change scenario simulations for the North and Baltic Sea
  • Nikolaus Groll, Ralf Weisse and Iris Grabemann
    Presenter: Nikolaus Groll
• 11:30 p.m. - R4 - Possible wave climate changes in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas under warming climate change scenarios
  • Will Perrie, Lanli Guo, Zhenxia Long and Bechara Toulany
    Presenter: Will Perrie

11:50 p.m. Closing Remarks

12:15 p.m. Workshop Ends

1:30 p.m. COWCLIP meeting starts