Movie:Global Wave Power 2012
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Global Wave Power 2012
Key Attributes
| Domain: | coastal, marine |
| Keywords: | wave power, wave energy, Pacific ocean, Scotland, renewable energy |
| Model name: | WAVEWATCH III |
| Name: | Albert, Kettner |
| Where: | Global simulation |
| When: | Jan 1st, 2012 to Dec 31st, 2012 |
Short Description
Grade level: Middle (6-8), High (9-12), Under graduate (13-16)
Statement: Simulation of global wave power in 2012
Abstract: Meteorological offices worldwide forecast ocean wave heights for the shipping and fisheries industry. In the United States, NOAA's National Weather Service provides the wave forecasts. Just like in weather forecasting, scientists run numerical models to make these predictions.
Wind blowing across the ocean surface generates most ocean waves. Waves just transmit energy; the water itself does not travel with the passing of the energy. The water particles simply move up and backwards, up and forward, down and forward and finally down and backward with the passing of a wave form. This motion gives ocean waves their name: orbital waves. This movie shows wave power calculations of one of the most commonly used predictive models, called ‘WAVEWATCH III®’. WAVEWATCH III® uses global and regional wind data to calculate wind-driven waves every three hours.
This movie shows the wave power every 3 hours, worldwide for the year 2012. Locations with high wave power are focus regions for generating renewable energy from waves. Active projects are located in Oregon, USA, in Scotland and Portugal, and off the coast of Australia. Can you see why?
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