Ocean to Near-Shore Wave Modelling with SWAN

The third-generation shallow water wave model SWAN is continually being updated to improve or extend its scientific and operational performance for applications in coastal engineering. The latest improvements and extensions include (nearly) diffusion-free propagation on any arbitrary scale (operational) and interaction between swell and windsea (experimental). Some effects of these improvements and extensions are shown in this study with a case of a major storm in the North Sea. The wave field is computed from the North Atlantic Ocean, through the North Sea to behind the barrier islands of The Netherlands with a resolution varying from 50 km to 40m. Some comparisons with observations are made.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1061/40566(260)34
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2001 American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  1801 Alexander Bell Drive
  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Booij, Nico
  • Holthuijsen, Leo
  • Battjes, Jurjen
• Conference:
  • Fourth Conference on Coastal Dynamics
  • Location: Lund , Sweden
  • Date: 2001-6-11 to 2001-6-15
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: pp 335-344
• Monograph Title: Coastal Dynamics '01

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coastal engineering; Computer models; Ocean waves; Storms
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands; North Sea
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Environment; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01881265
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784405666
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Apr 25 2023 4:33PM