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Climatology, variability and extrema of ocean waves - The web-based KNMI/ERA-40 Wave Atlas
The European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) has recently finished ERA-40, a re...
A Sterl, S Caires | Conference: 25th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2006) | Organisation: American Society Of Mechanical Engineers (AMSE) | Place: Hamburg | Year: 2006 | First page: 0 | Last page: 0
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Selection of historical storms for atmospheric model validation
To comply with Dutch legal rules for the assessment of the safety level of water defences, the go...
G Groen, S Caires | Year: 2011
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Past and future changes in the North Sea extreme waves
Past and future changes in the North Sea extreme waves are investigated in this article. Estimate...
S Caires, J Groenewg, A Sterl | Conference: 31st International Conference on Coastal Engeneering | Place: Hamburg | Year: 2008 | First page: 0 | Last page: 0
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Global ocean mean wave period data: validation and description
A global comparison of altimeter and ERA-40 mean wave period data is performed for the first time...
S Caires, A Sterl, CP Gommemginger | Status: published | Journal: J. Geophys. Res. | Volume: 110 | Year: 2005 | First page: 0 | Last page: 0 | doi: 10.1029/2004JC002631
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Projection and analysis of extreme wave climate
We use the non-homogeneous Poisson process to model extreme
values of ERA-40 significant wave hei...
S Caires, V Swail, XL Wang | Status: published | Journal: J. Climate | Volume: 19 | Year: 2006 | First page: 5581 | Last page: 5605 | doi: 10.1175/JCLI3918.1
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