The 11th Coordinated Ocean Wave Climate Project Workshop Recap

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The WCRP Coordinated Ocean Wave Climate Project (COWCliP) community convened on October 7th, 2023, at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, US, following the conclusion of the 3rd International Conference on Waves, Storm Surges and Coastal Hazards.

We discussed the latest advancements and future priorities in ocean wind wave climate and its projections. We prepared a comprehensive workshop report, which you can find here:

:bookmark_tabs: 11th_Coordinated_Ocean_Wave_Climate_Project_Workshop_REPORT.pdf (3.9 MB)

Key Aspects:

  1. Sea Level Extremes :ocean::
  • Importance: Predicting sea level extremes is crucial for coastal community safety.
  • Challenges: Understanding regional wave climate changes is vital for accurate projections.
  • Collaborations: Increasing interactions with the SurgeMIP community and collaborating with CMIP7 for wave climate modelling needs.
  1. Regional Understanding and Model Integration :earth_africa::
  • Objective: Enhance regional understanding by developing an ensemble of wave spectra information by efficiently storing directional spectra and/or using spectral reconstruction techniques.
  • Integration: Bridge the gap between global and regional wave climate modelling, integrating global products with regional high-resolution models.
  1. Coupled Wave-GCM Development :cyclone::
  • Research Needs: Investigate the impact of waves on long-term global climate.
  • Modeling Efforts: Understand the feedback mechanisms affecting wind-wave projections at global and regional scales.
  1. Standardization and Hourly Data :bar_chart::
  • Data Requirements: Create an ensemble of sub-daily (hourly) datasets from different organizations.
  • Standardization: Effort to standardize statistics and rethink metrics for evaluating changes in wind waves, storm surge, tides, and sea levels for coastal extremes projections.

Next Steps :microscope::

  • Wave Climate Projections: Ongoing effort to collect and analyze CMIP6-derived wave climate projections for COWCLIP3.0.
  • Community Paper: Draft a paper on the findings and discussions.
  • Centralized Statistics: Centralize statistics with links to sub-daily data from respective organizations.
  • Postprocessing Updates: Update postprocessing codes for additional variables and statistics for partially ice-covered areas.
  • Wave Spectra Ensemble: Develop an ensemble of wave spectra information to improve regional user information.
  • Collaborations: Increase interactions with SurgeMIP and collaborate with the CMIP7 community to address wave climate modelling needs and contribute to impact adaptation efforts.

:point_down: For any questions or further discussions, please feel free to join the conversation below! :point_down:

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