Search Results - "Hemer, Mark"

Projected changes in wave climate from a multi-model ensemble by Hemer, Mark A., Fan, Yalin, Mori, Nobuhito, Semedo, Alvaro, Wang, Xiaolan L.

“…Changing wind-wave climate has the potential to exacerbate, or negate, the impacts of sea-level rise in coastal zones. Results from the first community-derived…”
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On the concordance of 21st century wind-wave climate projections by Morim, Joao, Hemer, Mark, Cartwright, Nick, Strauss, Darrell, Andutta, Fernando

“…Understanding anticipated climate-induced changes in the global wind-wave climate is paramount for sustainable development of coastal and ocean…”
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Evaluation of a CMIP5 derived dynamical global wind wave climate model ensemble by Hemer, Mark A., Trenham, Claire E.

“…•The skill of GCM forced wave climate models is comparable with the skill of GCMs to represent ‘standard’ climate variables.•The skill of wave climate models…”
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Perspectives on a way forward for ocean renewable energy in Australia by Hemer, Mark A., Manasseh, Richard, McInnes, Kathleen L., Penesis, Irene, Pitman, Tracey

“…Australia has considerable wave and tidal ocean energy resources. Development of the emerging ocean renewable energy (ORE) industry in Australia offers…”
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Variability and trends in the directional wave climate of the Southern Hemisphere by Hemer, Mark A., Church, John A., Hunter, John R.

“…The effect of interannual climate variability and change on the historic, directional wave climate of the Southern Hemisphere is presented. Owing to a lack of…”
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Variability and future decreases in winter wave heights in the Western North Pacific by Shimura, Tomoya, Mori, Nobuhito, Hemer, Mark A.

“…Ocean surface wave climate is a key consideration for a number of industrial and environmental systems, both offshore and at the coast. A dynamical spectral…”
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A classification system for global wave energy resources based on multivariate clustering by Fairley, Iain, Lewis, Matthew, Robertson, Bryson, Hemer, Mark, Masters, Ian, Horrillo-Caraballo, Jose, Karunarathna, Harshinie, Reeve, Dominic E.

“…•A device-agnostic classification of global wave energy resources is presented.•Classification is conducted by applying the k-means algorithm to ECMWF ERA5…”
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Projected 21st century changes in extreme wind-wave events by Meucci, Alberto, Young, Ian R., Hemer, Mark, Kirezci, Ebru, Ranasinghe, Roshanka

“…Extreme wind-wave events are changing and, by the end of the century, may increase by 5 to 10% over extensive ocean regions. We describe an innovative approach…”
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Simulated Global Swell and Wind-Sea Climate and Their Responses to Anthropogenic Climate Change at the End of the Twenty-First Century by Fan, Yalin, Lin, Shian-Jiann, Griffies, Stephen M., Hemer, Mark A.

“…The seasonal structure of the wind sea and swell is analyzed from the existing 29-yr surface gravity wave climatology produced using a coupled atmosphere–wave…”
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Global coastal attenuation of wind-waves observed with radar altimetry by Passaro, Marcello, Hemer, Mark A., Quartly, Graham D., Schwatke, Christian, Dettmering, Denise, Seitz, Florian

“…Coastal studies of wave climate and evaluations of wave energy resources are mainly regional and based on the use of computationally very expensive models or a…”
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Robustness and uncertainties in global multivariate wind-wave climate projections by Morim, Joao, Hemer, Mark, Wang, Xiaolan L., Cartwright, Nick, Trenham, Claire, Semedo, Alvaro, Young, Ian, Bricheno, Lucy, Camus, Paula, Casas-Prat, Mercè, Erikson, Li, Mentaschi, Lorenzo, Mori, Nobuhito, Shimura, Tomoya, Timmermans, Ben, Aarnes, Ole, Breivik, Øyvind, Behrens, Arno, Dobrynin, Mikhail, Menendez, Melisa, Staneva, Joanna, Wehner, Michael, Wolf, Judith, Kamranzad, Bahareh, Webb, Adrean, Stopa, Justin, Andutta, Fernando

“…Understanding climate-driven impacts on the multivariate global wind-wave climate is paramount to effective offshore/coastal climate adaptation planning…”
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Inter- and intra-annual variability of potential power production from wave energy converters by Morim, Joao, Cartwright, Nick, Hemer, Mark, Etemad-Shahidi, Amir, Strauss, Darrell

“…Estimation of the variability in the electrical power production and performance over the life-time of wave energy converters (WEC) is paramount for the…”
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Historical trends in Southern Ocean storminess: Long-term variability of extreme wave heights at Cape Sorell, Tasmania by Hemer, Mark A.

“…Atmospheric re‐analyses indicate increased Southern Ocean (SO) storminess over the past few decades. A southern Australia waverider record provides a 23‐year…”
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Skill and uncertainty in surface wind fields from general circulation models: Intercomparison of bias between AGCM, AOGCM and ESM global simulations by Morim, Joao, Hemer, Mark, Andutta, Fernando, Shimura, Tomoya, Cartwright, Nick

“…Understanding the reliability of global climate models (GCMs) to reproduce the historical surface wind fields is integral part of building robust projections…”
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Projection of tropical cyclone-generated extreme wave climate based on CMIP5 multi-model ensemble in the Western North Pacific by Shimura, Tomoya, Mori, Nobuhito, Hemer, Mark A.

“…Climate change impacts on future ocean wave climate have been studied using a suite of Global Climate Models (GCM). We investigated the representation of…”
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Sea State Decadal Variability in the North Atlantic: A Review by Antoine Hochet, Guillaume Dodet, Fabrice Ardhuin, Mark Hemer, Ian Young

“…Long-term changes of wind-generated ocean waves have important consequences for marine engineering, coastal management, ship routing, and marine spatial…”
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Remote climate change propagation across the oceans—the directional swell signature by Lemos, Gil, Semedo, Alvaro, Hemer, Mark, Menendez, Melisa, Miranda, Pedro M A

“…Abstract The energy content of wind-waves is propagated across the oceans in the form of swell waves, the main drivers of long-term changes in coastal…”
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Australian blocking impacts on ocean surface waves by Marshall, Andrew G., Hemer, Mark A., McInnes, Kathleen L.

“…We assess the impact of split-flow blocking in the Australian region on global ocean wind waves using 30 years of high-resolution wave data from the CAWCR wave…”
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Natural hazards in Australia: sea level and coastal extremes by McInnes, Kathleen L., White, Christopher J., Haigh, Ivan D., Hemer, Mark A., Hoeke, Ron K., Holbrook, Neil J., Kiem, Anthony S., Oliver, Eric C. J., Ranasinghe, Roshanka, Walsh, Kevin J. E., Westra, Seth, Cox, Ron

“…The Australian coastal zone encompasses tropical, sub- and extra-tropical climates and accommodates about 80 % of Australia’s population. Sea level extremes…”
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Global-scale changes to extreme ocean wave events due to anthropogenic warming by Morim, Joao, Vitousek, Sean, Hemer, Mark, Reguero, Borja, Erikson, Li, Casas-Prat, Merce, Wang, Xiaolan L, Semedo, Alvaro, Mori, Nobuhito, Shimura, Tomoya, Mentaschi, Lorenzo, Timmermans, Ben

“…Abstract Extreme surface ocean waves are often primary drivers of coastal flooding and erosion over various time scales. Hence, understanding future changes in…”
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