DIME Webinar

The DIME project is coming to an end. Its objective was to improve the characterisation of extreme breaking sea states by coupling observations and modelling. The main results were presented during a webinar which was held on 15 October.

The programme were as follows:

• Characterising extreme sea states and breaking waves for the design of ORE converters, objectives of the project and presentation of the various works planned – Jean-François Filipot, France Energies Marines > Replay
• Wave modelling in extreme conditions – Fabien Leckler, France Energies Marines > Replay
• Characterising areas of high waves at potential ORE sites – Matthias Delpey, SUEZ Smart & Environmental Solutions > Replay
• Breaking waves loading on offshore wind turbines – Jean-François Filipot, France Energies Marines > Replay
• Recommendations for industrial sector – Christophe Maisondieu, Ifremer > Replay
• Q&A Session > Replay

Access the full replay of the DIME webinar

The various publications resulting from this work are the following:

• Varing A., et al. (2021) A new definition of the kinematic breaking onset criterion validated with solitary and quasi-regular waves in shallow water. Coastal Engineering, 164, p.103755 > doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2020.103755
• Stringari C.E., et al. (2021) Deep neural networks for active wave breaking classification. Scientific Reports, 11(1), pp.1-12 > doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83188-y
• Stringari C.E., et al. (2021) A New Probabilistic Wave Breaking Model for Dominant Wind‐sea Waves Based on the Gaussian Field Theory. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126(4), p.e2020JC016943 > doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016943
• Guimarães P.V., et al. (2020) A data set of sea surface stereo images to resolve space-time wave fields. Scientific data, 7(1), pp.1-12 > doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0492-9
• Ruju A., et al. (2020) Spectral wave modelling of the extreme 2013/2014 winter storms in the North-East Atlantic. Ocean Engineering, 216, p.108012 > doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.108012
• Varing A., et al. (2020) Spatial distribution of wave energy over complex coastal bathymetries: development of methodologies for comparing modeled wave fields with satellite observations. Coastal Engineering, p.103793 > 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2020.103793
• Filipot J.F., et al. (2019) La Jument lighthouse: a real-scale laboratory for the study of giant waves and their loading on marine structures. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 377(2155), p.20190008 > doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2019.0008
• Papoutsellis C.E., et al. (2019) Modelling of depth-induced wave breaking in a fully nonlinear free-surface potential flow model. Coastal Engineering, 154, p.103579 > doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2019.103579
• Pianezze J. et al. (2018) A new coupled ocean‐waves‐atmosphere model designed for tropical storm studies: example of tropical cyclone Bejisa (2013–2014) in the South‐West Indian Ocean. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 10(3), pp.801-825 > doi.org/10.1002/2017MS001177

Photo credit: France Energies Marines