Vijay Panchang
Maritime Systems Engineering Department
Texas A & M University
P.O. Box 1675
Galveston, TX 77553-1675
409.740.4504
panchanv@tamug.tamu.edu
On Maine's 3,000 mile coastline, surface waves may comprise the most energetic elements of the physical oceanography affecting coastal communities and habitats.
Information about wave conditions has many applications, including the safety of boat or ship operations, the transport of sediment or nutrients in the water, the siting of aquaculture activities, and coastal engineering. Panchang's project will develop an atlas of the detailed fine-resolution wave climate in coastal Maine and a computerized wave prediction system for forecasting wave heights. It follows upon previous Maine Sea Grant-funded wave modeling related studies.
2-year project, 2004-2006
Year 1: $50,000
Year 2: $45,000
Total : $95,000
Associated Publications
Panchang, V., and D. Li, 2006, Large Waves in the Gulf of Mexico Caused by Hurricane Ivan, American Meteorological Society, April 2006, 481-489.
Chen, W., V. Panchang and Z Demirbilek, 2005, On the modeling of wave-current interaction using the eliiptic mild-slope wave equation, Ocean Engineering, 32 (2005) 2135-2164.
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