Trend Detection of Wave Parameters along the Italian Seas
In this paper, trend detection of wave parameters such as significant wave height, energy period, and wave power along the Italian seas was carried out. To this purpose, wave time series in the period 1979–2018 taken from the global atmospheric reanalysis ERA-Interim by European Center for Medium-Ra...
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| description | In this paper, trend detection of wave parameters such as significant wave height, energy period, and wave power along the Italian seas was carried out. To this purpose, wave time series in the period 1979–2018 taken from the global atmospheric reanalysis ERA-Interim by European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) were considered. Choosing a significance level equal to 90%, the use of the Mann–Kendall test allowed estimating ongoing trends on the mean values evaluated at yearly and seasonal scale. Furthermore, the assessment of the magnitude of the increase/decrease of the wave parameters was performed through the Theil–Sen estimator. The obtained results underlined that the mean values of the considered wave parameters were characterized by a high occurrence of positive trends in the different Italian seas. The findings of this study could have implications for studies of coastal flooding, shoreline variations, and port operations, and for the assessment of the performances of Wave Energy Converters. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-84e37e69fef3408cb6e2e6b9c4e3b1af2023-11-21T23:34:52ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412021-06-011312163410.3390/w13121634Trend Detection of Wave Parameters along the Italian SeasTommaso Caloiero0Francesco Aristodemo1National Research Council—Institute for Agricultural and Forest Systems in Mediterranean (CNR-ISAFoM), 87036 Rende, ItalyDepartment of Civil Engineering (DINCI), University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, ItalyIn this paper, trend detection of wave parameters such as significant wave height, energy period, and wave power along the Italian seas was carried out. To this purpose, wave time series in the period 1979–2018 taken from the global atmospheric reanalysis ERA-Interim by European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) were considered. Choosing a significance level equal to 90%, the use of the Mann–Kendall test allowed estimating ongoing trends on the mean values evaluated at yearly and seasonal scale. Furthermore, the assessment of the magnitude of the increase/decrease of the wave parameters was performed through the Theil–Sen estimator. The obtained results underlined that the mean values of the considered wave parameters were characterized by a high occurrence of positive trends in the different Italian seas. The findings of this study could have implications for studies of coastal flooding, shoreline variations, and port operations, and for the assessment of the performances of Wave Energy Converters.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/12/1634Italian seastrend detectionsignificant wave heightenergy periodwave power |
| spellingShingle | Tommaso Caloiero Francesco Aristodemo Trend Detection of Wave Parameters along the Italian Seas Water Italian seas trend detection significant wave height energy period wave power |
| title | Trend Detection of Wave Parameters along the Italian Seas |
| title_full | Trend Detection of Wave Parameters along the Italian Seas |
| title_fullStr | Trend Detection of Wave Parameters along the Italian Seas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trend Detection of Wave Parameters along the Italian Seas |
| title_short | Trend Detection of Wave Parameters along the Italian Seas |
| title_sort | trend detection of wave parameters along the italian seas |
| topic | Italian seas trend detection significant wave height energy period wave power |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/12/1634 |
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