This book addresses both fundamental and applied aspects of ocean waves including the
use of wave observations made from satellites. More specifically it describes the WAM model, …

In the long term development of the research on wind waves and their modelling, in particular
of the inner and coastal seas, the present situation is framed with a short look at the past, a …

A wind wave forecasting model is described, based upon the ray technique, which is
specifically designed for shallow water areas. The model explicitly includes wave generation, …

The meteorological model of the European Centre for Medium-RangeWeather Forecasts,
run with different resolutions, has been used to explore, with a number of numerical …

The paper analyzes the capability of the present wave models of properly reproducing the
conditions during and at the peak of severe and extreme storms. After providing evidence that …

On October 29, 2018 a very severe storm affected Northern Italy, including the Adriatic Sea.
The ensuing surge and wave conditions at and in front of Venice stand at the extreme tail of …

Venice has long suffered the effects of rising sea levels. The last two stormy seasons brought
a series of events that peaked in the great flood of November 2019. Here, we analyze that …

Here we discuss the statistical properties of the surface elevation for long crested waves
characterized by Jonswap spectra with random phases. Experiments are performed in deep …

Three sources of long-term wind and wave data are available in the Mediterranean Sea:
numerical models, satellites and buoys. We make use of the overall information to obtain …

Using the new high‐resolution operational model of ECMWF, we revisit the storm during which
the Draupner freak wave of 1 January 1995 was recorded. The modeling system gives a …