Rogue Wave Events in Time Series of Surface Elevation
Abstract
This report describes a comprehensive analysis of roughly two decades of surface elevation time series from Datawell wave buoys maintained by CDIP at UC San Diego. Hourly sections of the time series are examined to identify rogue wave events, recording wave sizes, times of occurrence, and geographic locations. The initial dataset is subjected to a quality control process to eliminate identifiable false positives. A preliminary analysis is performed at several buoy locations to investigate the correlation of rogue events with cotemporal data on ocean currents. Statistics of the roughly 8500 identified rogue events are summarized, and results of the preliminary wave-current analysis are presented. Planned future work is described.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 13, 2019
- Accession Number
- AD1086073
Entities
People
- David Wei Chi Wang
- Mark D. Orzech
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory