Worldwaves: High quality coastal and offshore wave data within minutes for any global site

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

dc.contributor.author	Barstow, SF	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/123456789/34643
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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	Bathymetry	en
dc.subject.other	Coastal zones	en
dc.subject.other	Computer software	en
dc.subject.other	Data acquisition	en
dc.subject.other	Database systems	en
dc.subject.other	Environmental impact	en
dc.subject.other	Offshore structures	en
dc.subject.other	Time series analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Data sets	en
dc.subject.other	Offshore industry	en
dc.subject.other	Shallow water	en
dc.subject.other	Water waves	en
dc.title	Worldwaves: High quality coastal and offshore wave data within minutes for any global site	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.publicationDate	2003	en
heal.abstract	There has been a growing demand for reliable information on the wave conditions, in particular at coastal sites, as a result of increased utilisation of the coastal zone to a multitude of activities including various shoreline developments related to transportation, tourism, fish fanning and recently wind and wave energy industries. This trend is likely to continue. Reliable data is also needed with respect to the management and protection of these often fragile environments. Many of those concerned with these wave-impacted environments still use antiquated data sources, usually from offshore waters as, in the absence of long term wave data collected at the site of interest, the calculation of reliable wave statistics at a coastal site is a complicated, time consuming and expensive business, requiring various data sets to be assembled. 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 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 Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE	en
dc.identifier.volume	3	en
dc.identifier.spage	633	en
dc.identifier.epage	642	en