Ocean wave modeling services support a full range of maritime activities (e.g., shipping, fisheries, offshore mining, commerce, coastal engineering, construction, recreation, and scientific research). Innovations have related to the development of coupled ocean, atmosphere, wave, and sediment transport models. Many of these coupled models are focused on identifying significant processes affecting our coastlines and how those processes create coastal change. Applying wave modeling developments to marine operations ensures that research is practically focused. The following papers describe the use of wave models to support operations.
Session 2 Presentation, Abstracts, and Notes

2015
Thursday, January 15th
11:00 AM

Session 2 Presentation - Energetic Surface Waves Measured in Arctic Ice

Clarence O. Collins III, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS
W. Erick Rogers, Oceanography Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS
Aleksey, The University Center in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway
Alexander Babanin, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM

Coastal and Ocean Modeling Testbed Applications

C. Reid Nichols, Southeastern University Research Association, Washington, D.C.
Robert G. Weisberg, University of South Florida
André J. van der Westhuysen, IMSG at NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Environmental Modeling Center, Maryland

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Improving the Wave Forecasting in the Catalan Coast (WAM Cycle 4.5)

Adria Moya, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Barcelona, Spain
Agustín Sánchez-Arcilla, Laboratori d'Enginyeria Marítima (LIM/UPC), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Barcelona, Spain
Gerbrant Ph. Van Vledder, Delft University of Technology, Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department, Delft, The Netherlands

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Quantifying Wave Damping in Spartina alterniflora (Extended Abstract)

Mary E. Anderson, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS
Jane McKee Smith, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM

Session 2 Discussion Notes

Christopher Brown, Marine Information Resources Corporation

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM