climate variability in wind waves from vos visual observations
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Climate variability in wind waves from VOS visual observations. Vika Grigorieva & Sergey Gulev, IORAS, Moscow. OUTLINE:. Climatology of visually observed wind waves Errors and uncertainties Centennial-scale changes Decadal to interannual variability - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Climate variability in wind wavesClimate variability in wind wavesfrom VOS visual observationsfrom VOS visual observations
Vika Grigorieva & Sergey Gulev, IORAS, Moscow
Climatology of visually observed wind waves
Errors and uncertainties
Centennial-scale changes
Decadal to interannual variability
Changes in wave statistics derived from VOS
OUTLINE:
MARCDAT-II Workshop, 2005, Exeter
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only SW Hmaxsea, swell, SW H
Global climatology of wind waves from VOS data:
http://www.sail.msk.ru/atlas
• monthly• 1958-2002 (updated)• 2-degree resolution• Separate estimates of sea, swell, SWH
Gulev and Grigorieva JGR, 2003
Random observational errors Sampling errors
All fields are accompanied by:
See poster of Grigorieva and Gulev for the error analysis
Very long-term changes along the major ship routes
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Very long-term changes:
linear trends
Gulev andGrigorieva 2004
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Winter (JFM) 1st EOFs of sea, swell and SWH
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Principal components
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R(HW–NAO)=0.68R(HS–NAO)=0.48
R(SWH–NAO)=0.81
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R(HW–NPI)=0.72R(HS–NPI)=0.58
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POT – peak over threshold – sensitive to sampling inhomogeneity
Extreme waves from VOS: problem of estimation
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Estimation of extreme wave heights - POT
Changes in extreme SWH 100-yr returns
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Conclusions:
Visual wave data allow for the analysis of centennial-scale variability of ocean wind wave characteristics: linear trends inthe North Pacific may amount to 1.2 m per century, being muchsmaller in the North Atlantic.
Interannual variability patterns are different for sea and swell, implying forcing frequency (e.g. cyclones) as a driving mechanism of swell changes with wind speed being responsible for the variations in sea.
Extreme wave statistics can be evaluated from VOS using IDM and POT methods. POT method shows the higher extreme waves, which are more close to those obtained from the model hindcasts.
However, estimation of decadal changes in extreme waves shows less skills of the POT method, largely influenced by sampling inhomogeneity
Sea, swell, SWH 100-years return