Journal article
The wave climate of Bass Strait and South-East Australia
J Liu, A Meucci, Q Liu, AV Babanin, D Ierodiaconou, IR Young
Ocean Modelling | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2022
Abstract
A high-resolution third-generation wave model based on unstructured grids, WAVEWATCH III, was used to investigate the wave climate of Bass Strait and South-East Australia over the period 1981 to 2020. The model results are extensively validated against a network of coastal buoys and demonstrate that the model can capture the overall wave characteristics in this region. Analyses of model outputs across the 40-year period show that significant wave height has increased by approximately 5% and a slight counterclockwise rotation of peak wave direction has occurred with likely implications for coastal processes. Seasonal variations show higher significant wave height in winter compared to summer,..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We acknowledge the WW3 development group for model development and providing source codes and the University of Melbourne for providing the high-performance computer cluster. We also thank Huy Quang Tran for sharing the combined bathymetric data. Wave buoy data were provided by the Port of Melbourne and Gippsland Ports. Wind data were provided by Climate Data Store. AODN wave data were sourced from Australia's Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) - IMOS is enabled by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) . Wave buoy data was also provided by the Victorian Coastal Monitoring Program with funding through the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, University of Melbourne and Deakin University (see vicwaves.com .au) . JL acknowledges the support of the Melbourne Research Scholarship provided by the University of Melbourne.