Wave energy resource assessment for exploitation—a review

N Guillou, G Lavidas, G Chapalain - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Over recent decades, the exploitation of wave energy resources has sparked a wide range
of technologies dedicated to capturing the available power with maximum efficiency …

Antarctic ice shelf disintegration triggered by sea ice loss and ocean swell

RA Massom, TA Scambos, LG Bennetts, P Reid… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Understanding the causes of recent catastrophic ice shelf disintegrations is a crucial step
towards improving coupled models of the Antarctic Ice Sheet and predicting its future state …

A multi-decade dataset of monthly beach profile surveys and inshore wave forcing at Narrabeen, Australia

IL Turner, MD Harley, AD Short, JA Simmons, MA Bracs… - Scientific data, 2016 - nature.com
Long-term observational datasets that record and quantify variability, changes and trends in
beach morphology at sandy coastlines together with the accompanying wave climate are …

A revised assessment of Australia's national wave energy resource

MA Hemer, S Zieger, T Durrant, J O'Grady, RK Hoeke… - Renewable Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Australia is widely recognised as having an abundant wave energy resource which could
contribute to the country's future energy mix. Prior assessments have provided general …

Global wave hindcast with Australian and Pacific Island Focus: From past to present

GA Smith, M Hemer, D Greenslade… - Geoscience Data …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Wind‐wave hindcast data have many applications including climatology assessments for
renewable energy projects, maritime engineering design, event‐based impact assessments …

Wave energy resource assessment along the Southeast coast of Australia on the basis of a 31-year hindcast

J Morim, N Cartwright, A Etemad-Shahidi, D Strauss… - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, a long-term assessment of the wave energy resource potential for the
Australian southeast shelf is performed from deep to shallow water, based on a 31-year …

Southern annular mode impacts on global ocean surface waves

AG Marshall, MA Hemer, HH Hendon, KL McInnes - Ocean Modelling, 2018 - Elsevier
We assess the impact of the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) on global ocean wind waves
using 30 years of wave data from a wave model hindcast that is forced with high resolution …

Enhanced coastal shoreline modeling using an ensemble Kalman filter to include nonstationarity in future wave climates

R Ibaceta, KD Splinter, MD Harley… - Geophysical Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A novel approach to improve seasonal to interannual sandy shoreline predictions is
presented, whereby model‐free parameters can vary in time, adjusting to potential …

A multi-model ensemble approach to coastal storm erosion prediction

JA Simmons, KD Splinter - Environmental Modelling & Software, 2022 - Elsevier
The accurate prediction of storm-driven coastal erosion along sandy coastlines is
fundamental to addressing coastal hazards now and into the future. Here, four storm erosion …

Future reef growth can mitigate physical impacts of sea‐level rise on atoll islands

E Beetham, PS Kench, S Popinet - Earth's Future, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We present new detail on how future sea‐level rise (SLR) will modify nonlinear wave
transformation processes, shoreline wave energy, and wave driven flooding on atoll islands …