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| Jiang, Haoyu; Stopa, Justin; Wang, He; Husson, Romain; Mouche, Alexis; Chapron, Bertrand; Chen, Ge. |
| A method for systematically tracking swells across oceanic basins is developed by taking advantage of high-quality data from space-borne altimeters and wave model output. The evolution of swells is observed over large distances based on 202 swell events with periods ranging from 12 to 18 s. An empirical attenuation rate of swell energy of about 4 × 10−7 m−1 is estimated using these observations, and the nonbreaking energy dissipation rates of swells far away from their generating areas are also estimated using a point source model. The resulting acceptance range of nonbreaking dissipation rates is −2.5 to 5.0 × 10−7 m−1, which corresponds to a dissipation e-folding scales of at least 2000 km for steep swells, to almost infinite for small-amplitude swells.... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Altimeter; Swell dissipation; Swell tracking. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00314/42526/41897.pdf |
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