Challenges for sustained observing and forecasting systems in the Mediterranean Sea

J Tintoré, N Pinardi, E Álvarez-Fanjul… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The Mediterranean community represented in this paper is the result of more than 30 years
of EU and nationally funded coordination, which has led to key contributions in science …

Application of numerical wave models at European coastlines: A review

G Lavidas, V Venugopal - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Significant advancements have been made in the past few decades (since the 1980s) on
detailed evaluation and quantification of wave resources globally. Larger availability and …

A 35 year high-resolution wave atlas for nearshore energy production and economics at the Aegean Sea

G Lavidas, V Venugopal - Renewable Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
The study enhances the coastal resource knowledge and discusses opportunities for wave
energy in the Aegean Sea. A fine-resolution numerical wave model is utilised to provide …

Implementation of a two-way coupled atmosphere-ocean wave modeling system for assessing air-sea interaction over the Mediterranean Sea

G Varlas, P Katsafados, A Papadopoulos… - Atmospheric Research, 2018 - Elsevier
It is generally accepted that the fluid layer surrounding Earth should be considered as a
single system at short and longer spatiotemporal scales. The current knowledge on the …

Investigating the impact of atmosphere–wave–ocean interactions on a Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone

G Varlas, V Vervatis, C Spyrou, E Papadopoulou… - Ocean Modelling, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding the governing mechanisms of atmosphere–wave–ocean​ interactions is
critical for unravelling the formation and evolution mechanisms of severe weather …

Coupling hydrodynamic and wave models: first step and sensitivity experiments in the Mediterranean Sea

E Clementi, P Oddo, M Drudi, N Pinardi, G Korres… - Ocean Dynamics, 2017 - Springer
This work describes the first step towards a fully coupled modelling system composed of an
ocean circulation and a wind wave model. Sensitivity experiments are presented for the …

Modes of operation and forcing in oil spill modeling: state-of-art, deficiencies and challenges

P Keramea, N Kokkos, G Zodiatis… - Journal of Marine Science …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Oil spills may have devastating effects on marine ecosystems, public health, the economy,
and coastal communities. As a consequence, scientific literature contains various up-to-date …

An assessment on the impact of wind forcing on simulation and validation of wave spectra at coastal Puducherry, east coast of India

PA Umesh, PK Bhaskaran, KG Sandhya, TMB Nair - Ocean Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
In context to application of numerical ocean wave prediction, the validation of ocean wave
spectra is a research topic of active interest. This study summarizes the results of validation …

An integrated open-coastal biogeochemistry, ecosystem and biodiversity observatory of the eastern Mediterranean–the Cretan Sea component of the POSEIDON …

G Petihakis, L Perivoliotis, G Korres, D Ballas… - Ocean …, 2018 - os.copernicus.org
There is a general scarcity of oceanic observations that concurrently examine air–sea
interactions, coastal–open-ocean processes and physical–biogeochemical processes, in …

Significant wave height prediction in nested domains using radial basis function neural networks

I Kordatos, A Donas, G Galanis, I Famelis… - Ocean …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study presents a novel machine learning-statistics framework combining radial basis
function neural networks (RBFNNs) with 2D geospatial interpolation for predicting the …