Ian Young

Long-Term and Seasonal Trends in Global Wave Height Extremes Derived from ERA-5 Reanalysis Data

Alicia Takbash, Ian R Young

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

A non-stationary extreme value analysis of 41 years (1979–2019) of global ERA5 (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts..

Global scatterometer observations of the structure of tropical cyclone wind fields

A Tamizi, IR Young, A Ribal, JH Alves

Journal article  |  2020  |  Monthly Weather Review

AbstractA very large database containing 24 years of scatterometer passes is analyzed to investigate the surface wind fields withi..

The Sea State CCI dataset v1: towards a sea state climate data record based on satellite observations

Guillaume Dodet, Jean-Francois Piolle, Yves Quilfen, Saleh Abdalla, Mickael Accensi, Fabrice Ardhuin, Ellis Ash, Jean-Raymond Bidlot, Christine Gommenginger, Gwendal Marechal, Marcello Passaro, Graham Quartly, Justin Stopa, Ben Timmermans, Ian Young, Paolo Cipollini, Craig Donlon

Journal article  |  2020  |  Earth System Science Data

Abstract. Sea state data are of major importance for climate studies, marine engineering, safety at sea and coastal management. Ho..

The Global Wind Resource Observed by Scatterometer

Ian R Young, Ebru Kirezci, Agustinus Ribal

Journal article  |  2020  |  Remote Sensing

A 27-year-long calibrated multi-mission scatterometer data set is used to determine the global basin-scale and near-coastal wind r..

The Spatial Distribution of Ocean Waves in Tropical Cyclones

Ali Tamizi, Ian R Young

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Physical Oceanography

The spatial structure of both the wind and wave fields within tropical cyclones is investigated using two large databases. The fir..

Projections of global-scale extreme sea levels and resulting episodic coastal flooding over the 21st Century

Ebru Kirezci, Ian R Young, Roshanka Ranasinghe, Sanne Muis, Robert J Nicholls, Daniel Lincke, Jochen Hinkel

Journal article  |  2020  |  Scientific Reports

Global models of tide, storm surge, and wave setup are used to obtain projections of episodic coastal flooding over the coming cen..

Projected 21st century changes in extreme wind-wave events

Alberto Meucci, Ian R Young, Mark Hemer, Ebru Kirezci, Roshanka Ranasinghe

Journal article  |  2020  |  Science Advances

We describe an innovative approach to estimate global changes in extreme wave conditions by 2100, as a result of projected climate..

Global calibration and error estimation of altimeter, scatterometer, and radiometerwind speed using triple collocation

A Ribal, IR Young

Journal article  |  2020  |  Remote Sensing

The accuracy of wind speed measurements is important in many applications. In the present work, error standard deviations of wind ..

The Wave Climate of the Southern Ocean

Ian R Young, Emmanuel Fontaine, Qingxiang Liu, Alexander V Babanin

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Physical Oceanography

The wave climate of the Southern Ocean is investigated using a combined dataset from 33 years of altimeter data, in situ buoy meas..

15 priorities for wind-waves research: An Australian perspective

Diana Greenslade, Mark Hemer, Alex Babanin, Ryan Lowe, Ian Turner, Hannah Power, Ian Young, Daniel Ierodiaconou, Greg Hibbert, Greg Williams, Saima Aijaz, João Albuquerque, Stewart Allen, Michael Banner, Paul Branson, Steve Buchan, Andrew Burton, John Bye, Nick Cartwright, Amin Chabchoub, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

This paper describes the process and outcomes of a collaborative process across different Australian stakeholder groups to identif..