Omonigbehin, Olorunfemi and Eresanya, Emmanuel OlaOluwa and Tao, Aifeng and Setordjie, Victor Edem and Daramola, Samuel and Adebiyi, Abiola (2024) Long-Term Evolution of Significant Wave Height in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic between 1940 and 2022 Using the ERA5 Dataset. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 12 (5). p. 714. ISSN 2077-1312

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Abstract

Studies on the variability in ocean wave climate provide engineers and policy makers with information to plan, develop, and control coastal and offshore activities. Ocean waves bear climatic imprints through which the global climate system can be better understood. Using the recently updated ERA5 dataset, this study evaluated the spatiotemporal distribution and variability in significant wave height (SWH) in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic (ETA). The short-term trends and rates of change were obtained using the Mann–Kendall trend test and the Theil–Sen slope estimator, respectively, and decadal trends were assessed using wavelet transformation. Significant, positive monthly and yearly trends and a prevailing decadal trend were observed across the domain. Observed trends suggest that stronger waves are getting closer to the coast and are modulated by the Southern and Northern Atlantic mid-latitude storm fields. These observations have implications for the increasing coastal erosion rates on the eastern coast of the Tropical Atlantic

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This research received no external funding. However, E.O.E. is supported by the A4 Project (Aigéin, Aeráid, agus athrú Atlantaigh), with the support of the Marine Institute, under the Marine Research Programme, funded by the Irish Government grant no.: PBA/CC/18/01) and A.T.acknowledges the National Key R&D Program of China (2023YFE0126300). The supporting source for E.O.E and A.T. was not involved in the decision for submission
Keywords:	Eastern Tropical Atlantic; wave climate; significant wave height; trend assessments; wavelet transform;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units, ICARUS
Item ID:	18464
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12050714
Depositing User:	Corinne Voces
Date Deposited:	02 May 2024 10:51
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Publisher:	MDPI
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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