Ocean Wave Climate

Abstract

I. Wave Models and Wave Data Applications.- Providing Winds for Wave Models.- Practical Determinations of Design Wave Conditions.- State-of-the-Art Wave Prediction Methods and Data Requirements.- Wave Data Requirements for Ship Design and Operation.- Extreme Waves and Loadings on Floating Vessels.- II. Wave Measurements.- Ocean Surface Features Observed by HF Coastal Ground-Wave Radars: A Progress Review.- A Compact Transportable HF Radar System for Directional Coastal Wave Field Measurements.- Synthetic Aperture HF Radar Wave Measurement Experiments.- High Frequency Skywave Measurements of Waves and Currents Associated with Tropical and Extratropical Storms.- An Assessment of GEOS-3 Wave Height Measurements.- On the Use of Aircraft in the Observation of One- and Two-Dimensional Ocean Wave Spectra.- Directional Spectra from Wave Sensors.- Data Buoy Wave Measurements.- Measuring the Nearshore Wave Climate, California Experience.- A Note on the Wave Climatology of United Kingdom Waters.- III. Recommendations of Symposium Working Groups.- Coastal and Ocean Engineering Applications for Wave Data with Emphasis on Structure Design.- Applications of Wave Data to Ship Design and Ship Routing.- Wave Data Requirements for Coastal Processes Studies.- Use of Wave Data for Developing and Verifying Wave Forecasting and Hindcasting Models.- Radar Wave Measurements.- Wave Measurements from Buoys.- Wave Measurements from Offshore Platforms.- Nearshore Wave Measurements.- Summaries of Presentations by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.- Other Government Wave Programs.- List of Contributors and Participants.