Objectives

A Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Challenger Society for Marine Science focused on observing, modelling and forecasting ocean surface waves.

Aims of the SIG:

1. To promote research in ocean surface waves and of their interactions with oceanographic, atmospheric and climatic processes.
2. To provide a forum for cross-disciplinary exchange of information.
3. To encourage early-career researchers in this field by providing an informal platform for presentations and interactions.

Innovative technology

Be it satellite, radar, in situ field work / ship-based observations, or numerical techniques

• instrument development and the use of observations
• new developments in numerical wave models
• use of data assimilation
• innovations in laboratory work

Risk & Resource

Predicting and projecting wave risk, and getting the best out of wave energy. This includes:

• wave energy resource and the impacts of waves on the environment
• wave overtopping, vulnerability, and coastal flood risk
• future wave climate and sea-state forecasting
• risks to infrastructure and contribution to coastal erosion

Interactions

Improved understanding interactions between waves and the wider world, including:

• air-sea fluxes and hydrodynamic interactions
• seabed disturbance and sediment transport
• model coupling
• wave energy device interactions
• non-linear wave physics and wave-wave interactions