Download or read book Review of Extreme Wave Conditions in the Beaufort Sea written by Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Review of Extreme Wave Conditions in the Beaufort Sea written by Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report reviews hindcast studies undertaken to provide wave data for the Beaufort Sea and concludes that the data is limited by lack of information on winds, sea ice and ice effects on storm waves.
Download or read book A Preliminary Analysis of Normal and Extreme Wave Conditions in the Beaufort Sea Based on Observed Sea states written by Donald Ormond Hodgins and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beaufort Sea Extreme Waves Study written by Bassem M. F. Eid and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report of a study the objective of which was to develop new and definitive estimates of the extreme wave climate in the Canadian Beaufort Sea, with emphasis on offshore exploration areas in deep and shallow water.
Download or read book Beaufort Sea Extreme Wave Studies Assessment written by M. Alan Murray and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study, the two most recently publicly available hindcast studies for the Beaufort Sea have been reviewed. The studies, conducted respectively by Hydrotechnology and Seaconsult, differ markedly in their treatment of the storm windfields and the available fetch length. Consequently, there is a considerable disparity between their estimate of extreme wave heights for deep water conditions, although for shallow water the agreement is more favourable. A systematic assessment of their respective methodologies indicated factors which would help to undo some of the conservatism in the Seaconsult estimates and warrant a slight increase in the Hydrotechnology results.
Download or read book Wave Hindcasting for Extreme Wave Analysis in the Beaufort Sea a Study for the Northern Oil and Gas Action Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report is a study of the Beaufort Sea wave climate for the Northern Oil and Gas Action Program. Extreme waves were estimated using modeled wave data and the joint probabilities of storm and ice conditions. A shallow water wave model was developed. This was used to hindcast a set of past Beaufort storms. Scientific errors were estimated for each stage of these analyses"--Abstract.
Download or read book Draft Final Report written by MacLaren Plansearch Limited and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The objective of this study was to produce, via hindcasting, a climatology for extreme storm waves in the Beaufort Sea, to be used as a reference for design considerations of offshore structures. Phase 1 of this study was aimed at reviewing previous environmental studies for the Beaufort region, and establishing an appropriate procedure to provide the design reference information, selecting an appropriate spectral wave model, selecting severe storms affecting the Canadian Beaufort Sea region, and evaluation of model hindcasts. Phase II of the study consisted of the final selection of the top severe storm population, hindcast production, extremal analysis, treatment of ice edge and presentation of final results. Already at the outset, it was realized that considerable effort would be required in order to provide adequate overwater wind fields and specification of the effects of sea ice and shallow water. Compared to previous studies with similar objectives for other areas such as the Canadian East and West Coasts or the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the number of available marine observations of weather and sea state from ships and rigs in the Beaufort is relatively small. The selection and hindcast of the potential severe storms is further complicated by the existence of sea ice. Extra care must therefore be taken when determining the wind and ice fields. Due to the special operating conditions in the Beaufort Sea, where drilling is mostly carried out on structures which differ from those used elsewhere, different considerations must be taken for establishing design criteria and critical conditions, and when selecting severe storm events for hindcasting. Some effort was therefore put into estimating which storms were likely to generate extreme currents, for example, as these would likely increase the potential for erosion of artificial islands"--Leaf 1-1.
Download or read book Wave Hindcast Study microform Beaufort Sea written by Baird, W. F and published by . This book was released on 198? with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Geological Survey of Canada Open File 2387 written by and published by Natural Resources Canada. This book was released on with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Challenge of Arctic Shipping written by David L. Vander-Zwaag and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1990-03-01 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Challenge of Arctic Shipping presents a collection of candid essays on the future of Arctic waters. A number of distinguished contributors address critical issues in Arctic development examining the implications for both policy-making in the North and the impact of that policy on native people. The intricacies of decision-making in an atmosphere of uncertainty are explored in detail, as is the impact of access to information, influence, and power. The Challenge of Arctic Shipping also examines activities and events associated with commercial proposals to develop and transport hydrocarbons through environmentally sensitive waters. The editors observe that the resulting political maneuvering is evidence that new approaches to this and other problems of the North are needed.
Download or read book Wind Generated Ocean Waves written by I.R. Young and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1999-03-23 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goals of wind wave research are relatively well defined: to be able to predict the wind wave field and its effect on the environment. That environment could be natural (beaches, the atmosphere etc.) or imposed by human endeavour (ports, harbours, coastal settlements etc.). Although the goals are similar, the specific requirements of these various fields differ considerably.This book attempts to summarise the current state of this knowledge and to place this understanding into a common frame work. It attempts to take a balanced approach between the pragmatic engineering view of requiring a short term result and the scientific quest for detailed understanding. Thus, it attempts to provide a rigorous description of the physical processes involved as well as practical predictive tools.
Download or read book Waves in Oceanic and Coastal Waters written by Leo H. Holthuijsen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-02-04 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Waves in Oceanic and Coastal Waters describes the observation, analysis and prediction of wind-generated waves in the open ocean, in shelf seas, and in coastal regions with islands, channels, tidal flats and inlets, estuaries, fjords and lagoons. Most of this richly illustrated book is devoted to the physical aspects of waves. After introducing observation techniques for waves, both at sea and from space, the book defines the parameters that characterise waves. Using basic statistical and physical concepts, the author discusses the prediction of waves in oceanic and coastal waters, first in terms of generalised observations, and then in terms of the more theoretical framework of the spectral energy balance. He gives the results of established theories and also the direction in which research is developing. The book ends with a description of SWAN (Simulating Waves Nearshore), the preferred computer model of the engineering community for predicting waves in coastal waters.
Download or read book Waves and Beaches written by Kim McCoy and published by Patagonia. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bestselling Classic Updated for Surfers, Sailors, Oceanographers, Climate Activists, and Those Who Love the Sea First published in 1963 and updated in 1979, this classic was an essential handbook for anyone who studies, surfs, protects, or is fascinated by the ocean. The original author, Willard Bascom, was a master of the subject and included a wealth of information, based on theory and statistics, but also anecdotal observation and personal experience. It brought to the general public understanding of the awesome and complex power of the waves. This revision from Kim McCoy adds recent facts and anecdotes to update the book's relevance in the time of climate change. One of the most significant effects of global warming will be sea-level rise. What will this mean to waves and beaches, and what effects are we already seeing? New text and photos cover events such as the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, Hurricane Katrina flooding of 2005, and the 2011 earthquake and resulting devastation in Fukishima. As well as students, surfers, and the general public, this updated edition of a beloved classic is an essential handbook for climate scientists and ocean activists, providing clear explanations and detailed resources for the constant battle to preserve the shore.
Download or read book Proceedings Symposium on Cohesive Shores May 5 7 1986 Burlington Ontario written by National Research Council Canada. Associate Committee for Research on Shoreline Erosion and Sedimentation and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Normal and Extreme Winds and Waves in the Canadian Southern Beaufort Sea written by Intersea Research Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "... This study describes the surface environmental events with substantial accuracy so that a high degree of confidence may be placed in the results. Specifically, the consultant will (a) evaluate all available wind data associated with recorded wave data to correlate wind velocity, duration and fetch with wave height; (b) use the fetch and wind data to make a wave hindcast; (c) compare the hindcast results with the wave-rider data in order to select the best hindcast method; (d) make a search of past severe storm wind reports; (e) prepare a hindcast model for the locations of interest. (Au)'-- ASTIS [online] database.
Download or read book Journal of Sedimentary Petrology written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Duration of Extreme Wave Conditions written by Orson P. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Statistical trends of the duration of extreme wave conditions, as characterized by hindcast wave information, are investigated at five sites along the coastline of the United States (three on the Atlantic coast and two on the Pacific coast). A review of pertinent statistical concepts and water wave characterization conventions and terminology is followed by a description of the Wave Information Studies Program. The database of hindcast wave information in shallow water created by this program is applied to develop a method of identification of extreme events and definition of their duration, based on exceedance of a threshold or zero moment wave heights. The number of events identified is found to be proportional to the percent exceedance of the specified threshold, regardless of geographical location. The External Type I distribution is found to be superior to the Weibull distribution as a model for both distribution of durations and peak zero moment wave heights of extreme events identified. A regression analysis of duration with various parameters representing peak wave conditions reveals only a weak linear relation with peak zero moment wave height and little evidence of a linear relation with any other parameter investigated. The assumption of independence of duration from peak wave conditions is proposed as an expedient method for estimating durations above a specified threshold, given a peak wave condition.
