On the directional distributions of the observation-based wind input and dissipation terms in a third-generation wave model

dc.contributor.affiliationAyala F.F., Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín, Facultad de Minas, Departamento de Geociencias y Medio Ambiente, Grupo de investigación OCEANICOS, Cra 80 No. 65–223, Bloque M2, Medellín, Colombia, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia
dc.contributor.affiliationMontoya R.D., Universidad de Medellín, Grupo de Investigación en Ingeniería Ingeniería Civil GICI, Grupo de Investigación en Calidad del agua y Modelación Hídrica GICAMH, Cra 87 No. 30-65, Medellin, Colombia
dc.contributor.affiliationOsorio A.F., Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín, Facultad de Minas, Departamento de Geociencias y Medio Ambiente, Grupo de investigación OCEANICOS, Cra 80 No. 65–223, Bloque M2, Medellín, Colombia, Center of Excellence in Marine Science, CEMARIN, Colombia
dc.contributor.affiliationBabanin A., Department of Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia
dc.contributor.authorAyala F.F.
dc.contributor.authorMontoya R.D.
dc.contributor.authorOsorio A.F.
dc.contributor.authorBabanin A.
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-08T14:23:41Z
dc.date.available2025-09-08T14:23:41Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.descriptionNew observation-based directional spreading functions for the wind input term Sin and the dissipation term Sds have been investigated in third-generation wave models (WAVEWATCH III, ST6 version). In this study we evaluate bimodal directional distribution for Sds and narrower (cos2θ and cos4θ) distributions for Sin. The impact of these new directional functions on the integral wave parameters, as well as the nondirectional and directional spectra, is analyzed through a set of numerical experiments and their results are compared against buoy observations in the Caribbean Sea. Improvements in the estimation of Hs and Tp under wind-sea dominant conditions are presented. For the shape of frequency spectra, the bimodal distribution of Sds causes a weaker energy enhancement by comparison with the narrower distribution of Sin, but it generally shows a better fit than the default functions in the model. The combined effect of both modifications brings larger energy allocation around the main wave propagation direction, generating both an energy increase and a downshift at the spectral peak. These findings suggest the relevance of including realistic directional distributions and reveal the need for further studies of directional distributions of the source terms. © 2025 The Authors
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ocemod.2025.102542
dc.identifier.instnameinstname:Universidad de Medellínspa
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11407/9087
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyFacultad de Ingenieríasspa
dc.publisher.programIngeniería Civilspa
dc.relation.citationvolume196
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dc.sourceOcean Modelling
dc.sourceOcean Model.
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectDirectional distribution
dc.subjectDissipation term
dc.subjectSpectral wave modeling
dc.subjectWAVEWATCH III
dc.subjectWind input term
dc.subjectDirectional distributions
dc.subjectDirectional spreading
dc.subjectDissipation term
dc.subjectSpectral wave models
dc.subjectThird generation
dc.subjectWave modelling
dc.subjectWaves parameters
dc.subjectWavewatch-iii
dc.subjectWind input
dc.subjectWind input term
dc.subjectdata buoy
dc.subjectdissipation
dc.subjectspectral analysis
dc.subjectwave modeling
dc.subjectwind wave
dc.subjectWave propagation
dc.titleOn the directional distributions of the observation-based wind input and dissipation terms in a third-generation wave model
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