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Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition 2017: HOSM data product

Reconstructed nonlinear surface from WAMOS (marine radar) data collected during the 3rd leg of Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition, from the end of January to the end of March 2017.


WAMOS data (AAS_4434_ACE_WAMOS) are processed with the Higher Order Spectral Method (HOSM) to provide the nonlinear surface elevation and the corresponding spectrum of waves during ACE. A Montecarlo approach is adopted to reproduce the natural variability of the sea state and gain reliable statistics of the underlying nonlinear surface elevation. Details on the method can be found on Toffoli, Alessandro, et al. "Evolution of weakly nonlinear random directional waves: laboratory experiments and numerical simulations." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 664 (2010): 313-336.


File structure: Folder name corresponds to the time stamp of the input spectrum (yyyyMMddhhmmss) from AAS_4434_ACE_WAMOS.

Each folder contains:

1. The surface elevation for 250 random realisations at 10 instant in times from initialisation saved every 5 dominant wave periods apart (0,5,10,15,…,50 Tp). The ten digits name is structured as 0000NRRttt where NRR is the number of the random realisation (from 1 to 250) and ttt denotes the time index (from 0 to 10).

2. NEW_SPECTRUM.DAT the 2D spectrum (64x64) as a columnar vector of the initial spectrum read from the AAS_4434_ACE_WAMOS.

3. INPUT_SPECTRUM.DAT the 2D spectrum (256x256) as a columnar vector of the initial spectrum for the HOSM.

4. WAVENUMBERSX.DAT and WAVENUMBERSY.DAT the wavenumber in x and y respectively

5. PP_INFO.DAT contains the peak period (Tp) in seconds

6. RUN_INFO.DAT contains the resolution in x of the WAMOS spectrum (64), the resolution in y of the WAMOS spectrum (64), the delta x for the surface elevation in m, the delta y for the surface elevation in m. Subsequent parameters are flags for the HOSM method.


Waves in the Southern Ocean are the biggest on the planet. They exert extreme stresses on the coastline of the Sub-Antarctic Islands, which affects coastal morphology and the delicate natural environment that the coastline offers. In Antarctic waters, the sea ice cover reflects a large proportion of the wave energy, creating a complicated sea state close to the ice edge. The remaining proportion of the wave energy penetrates deep into the ice-covered ocean and breaks the ice into relatively small floes. Then, the waves herd the floes and cause them to collide and raft.


There is a lack of field data in the Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic Oceans. Thus, wave models are not well calibrated and perform poorly in these regions. Uncertainties relate to the difficulties to model the strong interactions between waves and currents (the Antarctic Circumpolar and tidal currents) and between waves and ice (reflected waves modify the incident field and ice floes affect transmission into the ice-covered ocean). Drawbacks in wave modelling undermine our understanding and ability to protect this delicate ocean and coastal environment.

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Identification info

Alternate title
Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition 2017: HOSM data product
Date (Publication)
2022-09-21
Edition
1
Citation identifier
Dataset DOI

Title
Information and documentation - Digital object identifier system
Date (Publication)
2012-04-23
Citation identifier
ISO 26324:2012

Citation identifier
doi:10.26179/5b8378b160b02

Originator

Alberello, A., Bennetts, L., Derkani, M.H. and Toffoli, A.

Publisher

Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Principal investigator

ALBERELLO, ALBERTO
School of Mathematical Sciences
University of Adelaide
Adelaide
SA
5005
Australia

Principal investigator

BENNETTS, LUKE
School of Mathematical Sciences
University of Adelaide
Adelaide
SA
5005
Australia

Principal investigator

DERKANI, MARZIEH HAJIARAB
Department of Infrastructure Engineering
The University of Melbourne
Parkville
VIC
3010
Australia

Principal investigator

TOFFOLI, ALESSANDRO
Department of Infrastructure Engineering
The University of Melbourne
Parkville
VICTORIA
3010
Australia

Collaborator

ALBERELLO, ALBERTO
School of Mathematical Sciences
University of Adelaide
Adelaide
SA
5005
Australia

Collaborator

BENNETTS, LUKE
School of Mathematical Sciences
University of Adelaide
Adelaide
SA
5005
Australia

Collaborator

DERKANI, MARZIEH HAJIARAB
Department of Infrastructure Engineering
The University of Melbourne
Parkville
VIC
3010
Australia

Collaborator

TOFFOLI, ALESSANDRO
Department of Infrastructure Engineering
The University of Melbourne
Parkville
VICTORIA
3010
Australia
Name
CAASM Metadata
Website
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4434_ACE_HOSM

Purpose
The assessment of metocean conditions in the Southern Oceans
Status
Completed

Custodian

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
+61 3 6232 3244
+61 3 6232 3351 (facsimile)
Topic category
  • Oceans

Extent

N
S
E
W


Extent

Description
Temporal Coverage

Temporal extent

TimePeriod
2017-01-22 2017-03-18

Extent

Description
Vertical Extent - Altitude

Vertical element

Minimum value
0
Maximum value
0
Identifier
urn:x-ogc:def:cs:EPSG:6499
Name
Vertical CS. Axis: height (H). Orientation: up. UoM: m.
Identifier
urn:x-ogc:def:axis:EPSG:114
Name
height

Extent

Description
Vertical Extent - Depth

Vertical element

Minimum value
0
Maximum value
0
Identifier
urn:x-ogc:def:cs:EPSG:6498
Name
Vertical CS. Axis: depth (D). Orientation: down. UoM: m.
Identifier
urn:x-ogc:def:axis:EPSG:113
Name
depth
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE SPECTRA
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SEA STATE
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT
Keywords
  • HOSM
  • NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS
  • NONLINEAR WAVES
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • Computer > Computer
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • SHIPS
  • R/V AKADEMIK TRESHNIKOV
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • AMD/AU
  • AMD
  • CEOS
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
  • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

Resource constraints

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This metadata record is publicly available.

Resource constraints

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Other constraints
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.

Resource constraints

File type
Portable Network Graphic
Linkage
Creative Commons by Attribution logo

Title
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Website
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Other constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AAS_4434_ACE_HOSM when using these data.
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor

Distributor

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
+61 3 6232 3244
+61 3 6232 3351 (facsimile)

Distributor

Fees
Free
Planned available datetime
2022-09-21T00:00:00
Units of distribution
GB
Transfer size
195
Distribution format
  • Text

OnLine resource
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Resource lineage

Statement
Nans in the reconstructed surfaces indicate numerical instability. Files containing Nans should be disregarded.
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Maintenance note
2018-08-13 - record created by Alberto Alberello. 2022-09-21 - record updated by Dave Connell to publicly release the data.

Metadata

Metadata identifier
string/AAS_4434_ACE_HOSM

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Author

ALBERELLO, ALBERTO
School of Mathematical Sciences
University of Adelaide
Adelaide
SA
5005
Australia

Author

BENNETTS, LUKE
School of Mathematical Sciences
University of Adelaide
Adelaide
SA
5005
Australia

Author

DERKANI, MARZIEH HAJIARAB
Department of Infrastructure Engineering
The University of Melbourne
Parkville
VIC
3010
Australia

Author

TOFFOLI, ALESSANDRO
Department of Infrastructure Engineering
The University of Melbourne
Parkville
VICTORIA
3010
Australia

Sponsor

Australian Antarctic Division

Owner

AADC
Title
Parent Metadata Record
Citation identifier
AAS_4434_ACE_WAMOS

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
281d1f4d-0171-48a5-8b98-f4c0cd83e25d

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Date (Last Revision)
2022-09-21T11:15:56

Identifier

Description
metadata.extraction_date

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
8.6

Metadata linkage
http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4434_ACE_HOSM

Point of truth for the metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2018-08-13T00:00:00
Date info (Last Update)
2022-09-21

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3
Edition
2014
Other citation details
Version 1
Title
DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile
 
 

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