Articles | Volume 15, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-691-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-691-2019
Research article
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06 Jun 2019
Research article |  | 06 Jun 2019

Predicting ocean waves along the US east coast during energetic winter storms: sensitivity to whitecapping parameterizations

Mohammad Nabi Allahdadi, Ruoying He, and Vincent S. Neary

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Dissipation of ocean waves due to whitecapping is one of the most important processes that affect generation of gravity waves by wind. Different behavior of traditional approaches used for quantifying whitecapping dissipation under different wave conditions has always been a challenge to choose the most appropriate approach for a given area. The present paper examines the performance of two popular whitecapping approaches incorporated in SWAN during the winter storms along the US east coast.