Island sheltering of surface gravity waves: model and experiment

Controls of Multimodal Wave Conditions in a Complex Coastal Setting

“…Overall, SH contributes >50% to mean EF along coastlines that experience relatively small EF and <40% along coastlines with larger mean EF. NH mean EF exhibits narrow windows, as observed by Pawka et al (1984), with a shadow in the northern extent of the SCB due to Point Conception. NH contributes between 14 and 51% to mean EF over the domain.…”

Controls of Multimodal Wave Conditions in a Complex Coastal Setting

“…Overall, SH contributes >50% to mean EF along coastlines that experience relatively small EF and <40% along coastlines with larger mean EF. NH mean EF exhibits narrow windows, as observed by Pawka et al (1984), with a shadow in the northern extent of the SCB due to Point Conception. NH contributes between 14 and 51% to mean EF over the domain.…”

Can Rogue Waves Be Predicted Using Characteristic Wave Parameters?

“…There is Northwest swell generated along the California coast, tropical storms formed off Mexico (Inman et al, ; Inman & Jenkins, ), Southern Hemisphere swell during summer months with small wave height and long period, sea‐breeze waves, and Santa Ana wind waves (Adams et al, ; Guzman‐Morales et al, ). The complexity is further compounded by wave refraction, diffraction, and sheltering by Point Conception, at the northern end of the SCB, which blocks waves from >315°, the complex bathymetry of the California Borderlands, and the Channel Islands (Adams et al, ; Pawka, ; Pawka et al, ). It is therefore logical to have high average ν in the region (Figure ), confirming that the role of instability in forming the rogues in the SCB is likely minimal.…”

Multiple‐Scale Variations of Wind‐Generated Waves in the Southern California Bight

“…Pawka et al () show that low‐frequency waves have a strong refraction effect near the island in the SCB using a numerical model. O'Reilly et al () use a spectral analysis of buoy data to study the dissipation of wave energy by the reflection from cliffs on the coast of California.…”

Controls of Multimodal Wave Conditions in a Complex Coastal Setting

“…Overall, SH contributes >50% to mean EF along coastlines that experience relatively small EF and <40% along coastlines with larger mean EF. NH mean EF exhibits narrow windows, as observed by Pawka et al (1984), with a shadow in the northern extent of the SCB due to Point Conception. NH contributes between 14 and 51% to mean EF over the domain.…”

Can Rogue Waves Be Predicted Using Characteristic Wave Parameters?

“…There is Northwest swell generated along the California coast, tropical storms formed off Mexico (Inman et al, ; Inman & Jenkins, ), Southern Hemisphere swell during summer months with small wave height and long period, sea‐breeze waves, and Santa Ana wind waves (Adams et al, ; Guzman‐Morales et al, ). The complexity is further compounded by wave refraction, diffraction, and sheltering by Point Conception, at the northern end of the SCB, which blocks waves from >315°, the complex bathymetry of the California Borderlands, and the Channel Islands (Adams et al, ; Pawka, ; Pawka et al, ). It is therefore logical to have high average ν in the region (Figure ), confirming that the role of instability in forming the rogues in the SCB is likely minimal.…”

Multiple‐Scale Variations of Wind‐Generated Waves in the Southern California Bight

“…Pawka et al () show that low‐frequency waves have a strong refraction effect near the island in the SCB using a numerical model. O'Reilly et al () use a spectral analysis of buoy data to study the dissipation of wave energy by the reflection from cliffs on the coast of California.…”

Controls of Multimodal Wave Conditions in a Complex Coastal Setting

“…Overall, SH contributes >50% to mean EF along coastlines that experience relatively small EF and <40% along coastlines with larger mean EF. NH mean EF exhibits narrow windows, as observed by Pawka et al (1984), with a shadow in the northern extent of the SCB due to Point Conception. NH contributes between 14 and 51% to mean EF over the domain.…”

Can Rogue Waves Be Predicted Using Characteristic Wave Parameters?

“…There is Northwest swell generated along the California coast, tropical storms formed off Mexico (Inman et al, ; Inman & Jenkins, ), Southern Hemisphere swell during summer months with small wave height and long period, sea‐breeze waves, and Santa Ana wind waves (Adams et al, ; Guzman‐Morales et al, ). The complexity is further compounded by wave refraction, diffraction, and sheltering by Point Conception, at the northern end of the SCB, which blocks waves from >315°, the complex bathymetry of the California Borderlands, and the Channel Islands (Adams et al, ; Pawka, ; Pawka et al, ). It is therefore logical to have high average ν in the region (Figure ), confirming that the role of instability in forming the rogues in the SCB is likely minimal.…”

Multiple‐Scale Variations of Wind‐Generated Waves in the Southern California Bight

“…Pawka et al () show that low‐frequency waves have a strong refraction effect near the island in the SCB using a numerical model. O'Reilly et al () use a spectral analysis of buoy data to study the dissipation of wave energy by the reflection from cliffs on the coast of California.…”