Alessandro Toffoli

A satellite altimetry data assimilation approach to optimise sea state estimates from vessel motion

F Nelli, MH Derkani, A Alberello, A Toffoli

Journal article  |  2023  |  Applied Ocean Research

Estimates of directional wave spectra and related parameters can be obtained from ship motion data through the wave-buoy analogy a..

Modelling attenuation of irregular wave fields by artificial ice floes in the laboratory

A Toffoli, JPA Pitt, A Alberello, LG Bennetts

Journal article  |  2022  |  PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

A summary is given on the utility of laboratory experiments for gaining understanding of wave attenuation in the marginal ice zone..

Model Predictions of Wave Overwash Extent Into the Marginal Ice Zone

JPA Pitt, LG Bennetts, MH Meylan, RA Massom, A Toffoli

Journal article  |  2022  |  Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

In the marginal ice zone (MIZ), where ocean waves and sea ice interact, waves can produce flows of water across ice floe surfaces ..

Three-dimensional imaging of waves and floes in the marginal ice zone during a cyclone

Alberto Alberello, Luke G Bennetts, Miguel Onorato, Marcello Vichi, Keith MacHutchon, Clare Eayrs, Butteur Ntamba Ntamba, Alvise Benetazzo, Filippo Bergamasco, Filippo Nelli, Rohinee Pattani, Hans Clarke, Ippolita Tersigni, Alessandro Toffoli

Journal article  |  2022  |  NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

The marginal ice zone is the dynamic interface between the open ocean and consolidated inner pack ice. Surface gravity waves regul..

Interactions between Irregular Wave Fields and Sea Ice: A Physical Model for Wave Attenuation and Ice Breakup in an Ice Tank

Giulio Passerotti, Luke G Bennetts, Franz von Bock Und Polach, Alberto Alberello, Otto Puolakka, Azam Dolatshah, Jaak Monbaliu, Alessandro Toffoli

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

Irregular, unidirectional surface water waves incident on model ice in an ice tank are used as a physical model of ocean surface w..

Long-Term and Seasonal Variability of Wind and Wave Extremes in the Arctic Ocean

Isabela S Cabral, Ian R Young, Alessandro Toffoli

Journal article  |  2022  |  FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE

Over recent decades, the Arctic Ocean has experienced dramatic variations due to climate change. By retreating at a rate of 13% pe..

Atmospheric drivers of a winter-to-spring Lagrangian sea-ice drift in the Eastern Antarctic marginal ice zone

Ashleigh Womack, Marcello Vichi, Alberto Alberello, Alessandro Toffoli

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF GLACIOLOGY

Sea-ice drift in the Antarctic marginal ice zone (MIZ) is discussed using data from a 4-month-long drift of a buoy deployed on a p..

Forced Migration, Oceanic Humanitarianism, and the Paradox of Danger and Saviour of a Vietnamese Refugee Boat Journey

Joy Damousi, Filippo Nelli, Anh Nguyen Austen, Alessandro Toffoli, Mary Tomsic

Journal article  |  2022  |  HISTORICAL JOURNAL

The ocean is a central site of escape, danger, and rescue for refugees. It is also a place where oceanic humanitarianism is enacte..

Exploring the coupled ocean and atmosphere system with a data science approach applied to observations from the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition

Sebastian Landwehr, Michele Volpi, F Alexander Haumann, Charlotte M Robinson, Iris Thurnherr, Valerio Ferracci, Andrea Baccarini, Jenny Thomas, Irina Gorodetskaya, Christian Tatzelt, Silvia Henning, Rob L Modini, Heather J Forrer, Yajuan Lin, Nicolas Cassar, Rafel Simo, Christel Hassler, Alireza Moallemi, Sarah E Fawcett, Neil Harris, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  EARTH SYSTEM DYNAMICS

The Southern Ocean is a critical component of Earth's climate system, but its remoteness makes it challenging to develop a holisti..

A Physical Model of Wave Attenuation in Pancake Ice

Alberto Alberello, Azam Dolatshah, Luke G Bennetts, Miguel Onorato, Filippo Nelli, Alessandro Toffoli

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OFFSHORE AND POLAR ENGINEERING

A physical model is discussed that mimics the interaction between ocean waves and a multitude of loose pancake ice floes, which fo..