WORLDWAVES: Fusion of Data from Many Sources in a User-friendly Software Package for Timely Calculation of Wave Statistics in Global Coastal Waters

Barstow, S; Mork, G; Lonseth, L; Schjolberg, P; Machado, U; Athanassoulis, G; Belibassakis, K; Gerostathis, T; Stefanakos, C; Spaan, G

dc.contributor.author	Barstow, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Mork, G	en
dc.contributor.author	Lonseth, L	en
dc.contributor.author	Schjolberg, P	en
dc.contributor.author	Machado, U	en
dc.contributor.author	Athanassoulis, G	en
dc.contributor.author	Belibassakis, K	en
dc.contributor.author	Gerostathis, T	en
dc.contributor.author	Stefanakos, C	en
dc.contributor.author	Spaan, G	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:49:37Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:49:37Z
dc.date.issued	2003	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/34642
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dc.subject	Atlas	en
dc.subject	Buoy	en
dc.subject	Matlab toolbox	en
dc.subject	Ocean waves	en
dc.subject	Satellite altimeter	en
dc.subject	Shallow water	en
dc.subject	Wave model	en
dc.subject.other	Algorithms	en
dc.subject.other	Bathymetry	en
dc.subject.other	Coastal zones	en
dc.subject.other	Computer software	en
dc.subject.other	Data reduction	en
dc.subject.other	Dredges	en
dc.subject.other	Geographical regions	en
dc.subject.other	Ray tracing	en
dc.subject.other	Satellite communication systems	en
dc.subject.other	Statistical methods	en
dc.subject.other	Weather forecasting	en
dc.subject.other	Atlas	en
dc.subject.other	Shallow water areas	en
dc.subject.other	Wave modeling	en
dc.subject.other	Water wave effects	en
dc.title	WORLDWAVES: Fusion of Data from Many Sources in a User-friendly Software Package for Timely Calculation of Wave Statistics in Global Coastal Waters	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.publicationDate	2003	en
heal.abstract	In the absence of long term wave data collected at a site of interest, the calculation of reliable wave statistics at a coastal site requires various data sets to be assembled, including temporal long term representative directional wave data offshore of the site, in addition to bathymetric and coastline data. Further, a suitable wave model, capable of modelling the transfer of the offshore conditions to the site, is required, incorporating the relevant shallow water wave phenomena. WORLDWAVES simplifies and speeds up the modelling of wave conditions in coastal waters by integrating the following under a single Matlab toolbox: High quality long-term wave data offshore all global coasts; worldwide bathymetric and coastline data; SWAN and backward raytracing wave models; sophisticated offshore and In the absence of long term wave data collected at a coastal site of interest, the calculation of wave statistics at a coastal site requires various data sets to be assembled, including temporally and spatially long term representative directional wave data offshore of the site, as well as bathymetric and coastline data. Further, a suitable wave model is required, which is capable of modelling the transfer of the offshore conditions to the site, incorporating the relevant shallow water wave phenomena. In 2001, OCEANOR launched the Eurowaves MATLAB Toolbox (Barstow et al., 2000, 2001), a software package integrating, for all European waters, all the necessary data and tools to allow the user to quickly (in a matter of minutes) to make provisional calculations of the long-term wave conditions at any coastal site along the European coastlines. It also contains all the tools to carry out more in-depth wave modelling. Eurowaves was developed under the MAST project Eurowaves, contract no. MAST3 - CT97 -109 with partial support from the European Commission. Recognising that all the data sources used in Eurowaves were also available globally, it was early recognized that a global extension to Eurowaves would be a desirable further development. In late 2001, OCEANOR were approached by a consortium of dredging companies (SSB1) in the Netherlands. SSB were interested in developing a nearshore wave statistics toolboxes with tabular and graphical presentations, including a facility to export ASCII time series data at offshore or inshore locations; a geographic module with easy zooming to any area worldwide; tools to set up model grids and display and edit bathymetry and coastline; a facility for the import of user offshore data and export of inshore time series data. In this paper we describe the design and implementation of WorldWaves including the fusion of satellite, model and buoy wave and wind data in the global offshore database and the new raytracing model.	en
heal.journalName	Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference	en
dc.identifier.spage	1481	en
dc.identifier.epage	1488	en