The North Sea Andrea storm and numerical simulations

Autor: E. M. Bitner-Gregersen, L. Fernandez, J. M. Lefèvre, J. Monbaliu, A. Toffoli
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Vol 14, Iss 6, Pp 1407-1415 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1561-8633
1684-9981
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-14-1407-2014
Popis: A coupling of a spectral wave model with a nonlinear phase-resolving model is used to reconstruct the evolution of wave statistics during a storm crossing the North Sea on 8–9 November 2007. During this storm a rogue wave (named the Andrea wave) was recorded at the Ekofisk field. The wave has characteristics comparable to the well-known New Year wave measured by Statoil at the Draupner platform 1 January 1995. Hindcast data of the storm at the nearest grid point to the Ekofisk field are here applied as input to calculate the evolution of random realizations of the sea surface and its statistical properties. Numerical simulations are carried out using the Euler equations with a higher-order spectral method (HOSM). Results are compared with some characteristics of the Andrea wave record measured by the down-looking lasers at Ekofisk.
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