Waves and climate change in the north-east Atlantic Wolf, J.;
Woolf, D. K.. 2006 Waves and climate change in the north-east
Atlantic. Geophysical Research Letters, 33 (6), L06604.
10.1029/2005GL025475, 2006Before downloading, please read NORA
policies. Wave height in the North Atlantic has been observed to
increase over the last quarter-century, based on monthly-mean
data derived from observations. Empirical models have linked a
large part of this increase in wave height with the North
Atlantic Oscillation. Wave models provide a tool to study
impacts of various climate change scenarios and investigate
physical explanations of statistical results. In this case we
use a wave model of the NE Atlantic. Model tests were carried
out, using synthetic wind fields, varying the strength of the
prevailing westerly winds and the frequency and intensity of
storms, the location of storm tracks and the storm propagation
speed. The strength of the westerly winds is most effective at
increasing mean and maximum monthly wave h