Ocean wave field

Wave field around islands

Modelling wave fields in the vicinity of Vietnamese islands:

  • Wave refraction and shoaling effects
  • Nonlinear wave-wave interaction and diffraction
  • Infragravity wave formation in shallow waters
Wavefield around an island

Wave propagation toward a bay

Detailed bathymetry data is not available and GEBCO dataset was used. The model XBeach is used; the wave module is considered an updated version of Swan (considering the coupling with flow modules, GLM velocities etc.)

Waves toward a bay