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Mihhail Zujev
Diurnal variability of wave height
Average wave heights show very moderate variability during the day. Evening wavefields are generally calmer and at noon waves are slightly higher. This allows to use daily average value as daily mean wave height (see Methods section).
Data
Narva
were gathered from hydrometeorological archives kept in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia since late 1940s and early 1950s until 2009-2011. Records were made by hand, by trained observer, who noted down wave height, direction and wave period for 3 times a day. Detailed procedure is described e.g. in [1]
Methods
summer spring winter autumn
noon
Before using the data, some erroneous and obviously physically unrealistic values were discarded. For every location data (wave height, wave period and approaching direction) were checked for normality and randomness. Some gaps exist due to unfavourable weather conditions (ice cover, fog, darkness). In order to equalise data for each season, daily average wave heights were calculated on basis of one, two or three available values. No correction was made for ice cover.
morning
noon
spring
summer
noon
noon
morning
Each panel describes one particular issue which is necessary for coastal design project with details given next to title of panels. Is is possible to calculate design wave height, probability of exceedance of threshold value of wave height, to choose least probable direction for high wave during life period etc. Direction of wave propagation is a direciton where wave comes from.
morning
evening
evening
Values show percentage of waves from any direction with particular height and period.
noon morning evening
noon
evening morning
winter autumn
spring summer
summer spring
40%
Klaipeda
30%
Liepaja
20%
Nida Narva Pakri
10%
Narva Pakri
Vilsandi Ventspils
Vilsandi
0%
Ventspils Liepaja
Klaipeda
Nida
24 April 2011
7 November 2012
References:
[1] Soomere, T., Zaitseva, I., 2007. Long-term variations of wave properties in the northern Baltic Proper. In: Baltic Sea Science Congress Rostock 2007: March 19-22, 2007 at Rostock University: Abstract volume. Part 1: Lectures. Rostock: Rostock University, 2007, 93. [2] Zaitseva-Prnaste, I., Suursaar, ., Kullas, T., Lapimaa, S., Soomere, T., 2009. Seasonal and long-term variations of wave conditions in the northern Baltic Sea. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 56(1).
Acknowledgements:
I would like to thank colleagues who have digitized the data, Katri Pindsoo, Maris Eelsalu, Inga Zaitseva-Prnaste, Olga Tribtok, Loreta Kelpait, and special thanks to Tarmo Soomere for guidance and scientific advice.