Wave engineering research group
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Keyword
wave dynamics
coastal processes
coastal engineering
wave climatology
coastal management
Overview
The laboratory was formed on01.01.2009 to promote and provide a structure forresearch in water waves and coastal engineering.The focus is on complex and nonlinear phenomena, and the applications of mathematicalmethods in wave dynamics and coastal engineering. The scope involves wave theory and applications, surface wave modelling, wave climate,and wave-driven phenomena, with applicationto integrated coastal zone management. Emerging foci are Lagrangian transport of substances, wave and water level extremes, preventive mitigation of marine-induced hazards, andremote sensing methods.
Important results
In 2021, we clarified the effects of atmospheric circulation on the Baltic Sea wave climate usingthe EOF method and re-evaluated thequality of simulations of Baltic Sea waveproperties, employed the technique of LagrangianCoherent Structures to identify areas ofsurface particles aggregation in the Gulfof Finland and quantified the persistencyof debris accumulation in tidal estuaries, performed non-stationary analysis of water level extremes and their regime shiftsin Latvian waters, established the relationship between windand wave properties and surface driftspeed in the Gulf of Finland, developed an algorithm for specificationof location, speed and sailing direction ofvessels from wake measurements, applied laser scanning for determiningmarine geoid properties, constructedtopography through coupling geoid andhydrodynamic models of the Baltic Sea,and derived sea surface heights fromSentinel-3A and Jason-3, quantified the shore profile evolution afteran extreme erosion event at Palanga, revealed the structure “tails” of algebraicsolitons and compactons in the generalizedKorteweg-de Vries equation, compiled an overview of decision supporttools and indices for coastal management and contributed into the analysisof achievements and research gaps in sealevel dynamics and coastal erosion in theBaltic Sea region.
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- Weisse, R., Dailidiene, I., Hünicke, B., Kahma, K., Madsen, K., Omstedt, A., Parnell, K., Schöne, T., Soomere, T., Zhang, W., Zorita, E. Sea level dynamics and coastal erosion in the Baltic Sea region // Earth System Dynamics (2021) vol. 12, 3, p. 871-898.
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-12-871-2021 - Barzehkar, M., Parnell, K. E., Mobarghaee Dinan, N., Brodie, G. Decision support tools for wind and solar farm site selection in Isfahan Province, Iran // Clean technologies and environmental policy (2021) vol. 23, 4, p. 1179–1195.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-020-01978-w - Reckermann, M., Omstedt, A., Soomere, T., Aigars, J., Parnell, K., Pons-Seres de Brauwer, C., Poska, A. et al. Human impacts and their interactions in the Baltic Sea region // Earth System Dynamics (2022) vol. 13, 1, p. 1-80.
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-13-1-2022 - Suara, K.A., Khanarmuei, M., Ghosh, A., Soomere, T. et al. Material and debris transport patterns in Moreton Bay, Australia : the influence of Lagrangian coherent structure // Science of the total environment (2020) vol. 721, art. 137715.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137715 - Barzehkar, M., Parnell, K.E., Soomere, T., Dragovich, D., Engström, J. Decision support tools, systems and indices for sustainable coastal planning and management : a review // Ocean and Coastal Management (2021) vol. 212, art. 105813, 13 p.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105813 - Männikus, R., Soomere, T., Viška, M. Variations in the mean, seasonal and extreme water level on the Latvian coast, the eastern Baltic Sea, during 1961-2018 // Estuarine, coastal and shelf science (2020) vol. 245, art. 106827, 19 p.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106827 - Jahanmard, V., Delpeche-Ellmann, N., Ellmann, A. Realistic dynamic topography through coupling geoid and hydrodynamic models of the Baltic Sea // Continental shelf research (2021) vol. 222, art. 104421.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2021.104421 - Varbla, S., Ellmann, A., Delpeche-Ellmann, N. Validation of marine geoid models by utilizing hydrodynamic model and shipborne GNSS profiles // Marine geodesy (2020) vol. 43, 2, p. 134-162.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01490419.2019.1701153 - Delpeche-Ellmann, N., Giudici, A., Rätsep, M., Soomere, T. Observations of surface drift and effects induced by wind and surface waves in the Baltic Sea for the period 2011–2018 // Estuarine, coastal and shelf science (2021) vol. 249, art. 107071, 13 p. : ill., map.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.107071 - Pindsoo, K., Soomere, T. Basin-wide variations in trends in water level maxima in the Baltic Sea // Continental shelf research (2020) vol. 193, art. 104029 ; 12 p.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2019.104029 - Najafzadeh, F., Kudryavtseva, N., Soomere, T. Effects of large-scale atmospheric circulation on the Baltic Sea wave climate : application of the EOF method on multi-mission satellite altimetry data // Climate dynamics (2021) vol. 57, 11-12, p. 3465−3478 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-021-05874-x - Ghosh, A., Suara, K., McCue, S.W., Yu, Y., Soomere, T., Brown, R.J. Persistency of debris accumulation in tidal estuaries using Lagrangian coherent structures // The science of the total environment (2021) Vol. 781, art. 146808, 12 p. : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146808 - Pelinovsky, E., Talipov, T., Soomere, T. The structure of algebraic solitons and compactons in the generalized Korteweg–de Vries equation // Physica D : Nonlinear Phenomena (2021) Vol. 419, art. 132785, 7 p. : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physd.2020.132785 - Mostafavi, M., Delpeche-Ellmann, N., Ellmann, A. Accurate sea surface heights from Sentinel-3A and Jason-3 retrackers by incorporating high-resolution marine geoid and hydrodynamic models // Journal of geodetic science (2021) vol. 11, 1, p. 58-74.
https://doi.org/10.1515/jogs-2020-0120 - Varbla, S., Ellmann, A., Delpeche-Ellmann, N. Applications of airborne laser scanning for determining marine geoid and surface waves properties // European journal of remote sensing (2021) vol. 54, 1, p. 558−568.
https://doi.org/10.1080/22797254.2021.1981156 - Kelpšaitė-Rimkienė, L., Parnell, K. E., Žaromskis, R., Kondrat, V. Cross-shore profile evolution after an extreme erosion event—Palanga, Lithuania // Journal of marine science and engineering (2021) vol. 9, 1, art. 38, p. 1−15 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9010038 - Soomere, T., Pindsoo, K., Kudryavtseva, N., Eelsalu, M. Variability of distributions of wave set-up heights along a shoreline with complicated geometry // Ocean science (2020) vol. 16, 5, p. 1047-1065.
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-1047-2020 - Giudici, A., Suara, K. A., Soomere, T., Brown, R. Tracking areas with increased likelihood of surface particle aggregation in the Gulf of Finland : a first look at persistent Lagrangian Coherent Structures (LCS) // Journal of marine systems (2021) Vol. 217, art. 103514, 8 p. : ill., map.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2021.103514 - Varbla, S., Ellmann, A., Delpeche-Ellmann, N. Utilizing airborne laser scanning and geoid model for near-coast improvements in sea surface height and marine dynamics // Journal of coastal research (2020) vol. 95 (Sp1), p. 1339-1343.
https://doi.org/10.2112/SI95-257.1 - Kudryavtseva, N., Soomere, T., Männikus, R. Non-stationary analysis of water level extremes in Latvian waters, Baltic Sea, during 1961-2018 // Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (2021) Vol. 21, 4, p. 1279-1296 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-1279-2021 - Jahanmard, V., Delpeche-Ellmann, N., Ellmann, A. Towards realistic dynamic topography from coast to offshore by incorporating hydrodynamic and geoid models // Ocean modelling (2022) vol. 180, art. 102124.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2022.102124 - Kudryavtseva, N., Räämet, A., Soomere, T. Coastal flooding: Joint probability of extreme water levels and waves along the Baltic Sea coast // Journal of coastal research (2020) vol. 95, 1, p. 1146-1151.
https://doi.org/10.2112/SI95-222.1 - Birgiel, E., Ellmann, A., Delpeche-Ellmann, N. Performance of sentinel-3A SAR altimetry retrackers: The SAMOSA coastal sea surface heights for the Baltic Sea // Fiducial Reference Measurements for Altimetry : Proceedings of the International Review Workshop on Satellite Altimetry Cal/Val Activities and Applications. Cham : Springer, 2020. p. 23-32. (International Association of Geodesy Symposia ; 150).
https://doi.org/10.1007/1345_2019_59 - Eelsalu, M., Parnell, K. E., Soomere, T. Sandy beach evolution in the low-energy microtidal Baltic Sea : attribution of changes to hydrometeorological forcing // Geomorphology (2022) vol. 414, art. 108383.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108383 - Liibusk, A., Varbla, S., Ellmann, A., Vahter, K., Uiboupin, R., Delpeche-Ellmann, N.C. Shipborne GNSS acquisition of sea surface heights in the Baltic Sea // Journal of geodetic science (2022) vol. 12, 1, 21 p. : ill., map.
https://doi.org/10.1515/jogs-2022-0131 - Rätsep, M., Parnell, K. E., Soomere, T., Kruusmaa, M., Ristolainen, A., Tuhtan, J. A. Surface vessel localization from wake measurements using an array of pressure sensors in the littoral zone // Ocean engineering (2021) vol. 233, art. 109156.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2021.109156 - Männikus, R., Soomere, T., Najafzadeh, F. Refraction may redirect waves from multiple directions into a harbour : a case study in the Gulf of Riga, eastern Baltic Sea // Estonian journal of earth sciences (2022) vol. 71, 2, p. 80-88 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.3176/earth.2022.06 - Rätsep, M., Parnell, K.E., Soomere, T., Kruusmaa, M., Ristolainen, A., Tuhtan, J.A. Using spectrograms from underwater total pressure sensors to detect passing vessels in a coastal environment // Journal of atmospheric and oceanic technology (2020) vol. 37, 8, p. 1353-1363 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0192.1 - Rätsep, M., Parnell, K.E., Soomere, T. Detecting ship wakes for the study of coastal processes // Journal of coastal research (2020) vol. 95, special issue spring 2020, p. 1258-1262.
https://doi.org/10.2112/SI95-243.1 - Jahanmard, V., Varbla, S., Delpeche-Ellmann, N., Ellmann, A. Retrieval of directional power spectral density and wave parameters from airborne LiDAR point cloud // Ocean engineering (2022) vol. 266, art. 112694.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.112694 - Ghosh, A., Suara, K., Soomere, T., Brown, R. J. Using Lagrangian coherent structures to investigate upwelling and physical process in the Gladstone coastal region // Journal of marine systems (2022) vol. 230, art. 103731.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2022.103731 - Parnell, Kevin E., Hosking, Peter L., McLean, Roger F. et al. Multidecadal Shoreline Monitoring at Parengarenga, Northern New Zealand: From Dumpy Level to LiDAR // Journal of coastal research (2020) vol. 101, p. 165−171.
https://doi.org/10.2112/JCR-SI101-031.1 - Dreier, N., Männikus, R., Fröhle, P. Long-term changes of waves at the German Baltic Sea coast: Are there trends from the past? // Journal of coastal research (2020) vol. 95, Sp1, p. 1416-141621.
https://doi.org/10.2112/SI95-274.1 - Rakisheva, Z.B., Delpeche-Ellmann, N., Sakhayeva, A.K. Studying upwelling phases in the Kazakhstan part of the Caspian sea // International journal of mathematics and physics (2020) vol. 11, 1, p. 45−50 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.26577/ijmph.2020.v11.i1.06 - Parnell, K.E. A big wave at Pouto, Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand // Journal of Coastal Research (2020) vol. 101, p. 291-294.
https://doi.org/10.2112/JCR-SI101-053.1 - Parnell, K.E., Smithers, S.G. Regional and local variability in coastal processes in Torres Strait, Australia, and its importance for climate change planning // Journal of coastal research (2020) vol. 95 (Sp1), p. 616-620.
https://doi.org/10.2112/SI95-120.1 - Kurkin, A., Rybin, A., Soomere, T. et al. Spatial distribution of energy of subinertial baroclinic motions in the Baltic Sea // Frontiers in earth science (2020) vol. 8, art. 184, 15 p. : ill.
https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00184 - Rodin, A., Zemlyanikin, A., Kurkin, A., Giudici, A. The run-up of long waves of different polarity on non-reflecting and flat cross-shore profiles // 2018 IEEE/OES Baltic International Symposium (BALTIC 2018) : Klaipeda, Lithuania 12 - 15 June 2018. Red Hook : IEEE, 2018. p. 128-133 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1109/BALTIC.2018.8634864 - Harff, J., Soomere, T., Zhang, H. Journal of Coastal Conservation special issue "Coast and society" : guest editorial // Journal of Coastal Conservation (2019) vol. 23, 4, p. 713-716 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11852-019-00705-y - Kurkin, A., Pelinovsky, E., Talipova, T.G., Soomere, T. et al. Modelling of internal waves in the Baltic Sea // Фундаментальная и прикладная гидрофизика (2018) vol. 11, 2, p. 8-20.
https://doi.org/10.7868/S2073667318020016 - Delpeche-Ellmann, N., Soomere, T. Possible presence of shear instabilities at steep slopes during an upwelling event in the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea // Journal of coastal research, Proceedings of the 15th International Coastal Symposium, Haeundae, Busan, 13-18 May 2018 (2018) special issue 85, p. 481–485.
https://doi.org/10.2112/SI85-097.1 https://www.jcronline.org/doi/abs/10.2112/SI85-097.1 - Giudici, A., Kalda, J., Soomere, T. Joint impact of currents and winds on the patch formation near the coasts of the Gulf of Finland // Journal of coastal research, Proceedings of the 15th International Coastal Symposium, Haeundae, Busan, 13-18 May 2018 (2018) special issue 85, p. 1156 - 1160.
https://doi.org/10.2112/SI85-232.1 https://www.jcronline.org/doi/abs/10.2112/SI85-232.1 - Kelpšaitė-Rimkienė, L., Soomere, T., Bagdanavičiūtė, I. et al. Measurements of long waves in Port of Klaipėda, Lithuania // Journal of coastal research, Proceedings of the 15th International Coastal Symposium, Haeundae, Busan, 13-18 May 2018 (2018) special issue 85, p. 761–765 : ill.
http://doi.org/10.2112/SI85-153.1 https://www.jcronline.org/doi/pdf/10.2112/SI85-153.1 - Colleter, G., Parnell, K., Wharton, C., Hunt, S. Beach nourishment pattern-placement along the Gold Coast // Australasian Coasts and Ports 2019 Conference : Future directions from 40 [degrees] S and beyond, Hobart, 10-13 September 2019. Hobart : Engineers Australia, 2019. p. 206-212.
https://search.informit.org/documentSummary;res=IELENG;dn=796304364041360 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85075085429&partnerID=40&md5=d5477f4f696557d7b911063c8111d65c - Giudici, A., Kalda, J., Soomere, T. Generation of large pollution patches via collisions of sticky floating parcels driven by wind and surface currents // Marine pollution bulletin (2019) vol. 141, p. 573–585 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.02.039 - Kudryavtseva, N., Kussembayeva, K., Rakisheva, Z.B., Soomere, T. Spatial variations in the Caspian Sea wave climate in 2002–2013 from satellite altimetry // Estonian journal of earth sciences (2019) vol. 68, 4, p. 225-240 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.3176/earth.2019.16 http://www.kirj.ee/public/Estonian_Journal_of_Earth_Sciences/2019/issue_4/earth-2019-4-225-240.pdf - Soomere, T., Eelsalu, M., Pindsoo, K. Variations in parameters of extreme value distributions of water level along the eastern Baltic Sea coast // Estuarine, coastal and shelf science (2018) vol. 215, p. 59-68 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2018.10.010 - Kudryavtseva, N., Pindsoo, K., Soomere, T. Non-stationary modeling of trends in extreme water level changes along the Baltic Sea coast // Journal of coastal research, Proceedings of the 15th International Coastal Symposium, Haeundae, Busan, 13-18 May 2018 (2018) special issue 85, p. 586-590.
https://doi.org/10.2112/SI85-118.1 - Delpeche-Ellmann, N., Soomere, T., Kudryavtseva, N. The role of nearshore slope on cross-shore surface transport during a coastal upwelling event in Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea // Estuarine, coastal and shelf science (2018) vol. 209, p. 123-135 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2018.03.018 - Birgiel, E., Ellmann, A., Delpeche-Ellmann, N. Examining the performance of the sentinel-3 coastal altimetry in the Baltic Sea using a regional high-resolution Geoid model // 2018 Baltic Geodetic Congress : BGC Geomatics, Olsztyn, Poland, 21-23 June, 2018 : proceedings. Piscataway : IEEE, 2018. p. 196–201 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1109/BGC-Geomatics.2018.00043 - Männikus, R., Soomere, T. Kudryavtseva, N. Identification of mechanisms that drive water level extremes from in situ measurements in the Gulf of Riga during 1961-2017 // Continental shelf research (2019) vol. 182, 1, p. 22−36.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2019.05.014 - Nguyen, T. P., Parnell, K. E. Coastal land use planning in Ben Tre, Vietnam : constraints and recommendations // Heliyon (2019) vol. 5, 4, art. e01487, 21 p. : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01487 - Bagdanavičiūtė, I., Kelpšaitė-Rimkienė, L., Galinienė, J., Soomere, T. Index based multi-criteria approach to coastal risk assesment // Journal of Coastal Conservation (2019) vol. 23, 4, p. 785–800 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11852-018-0638-5 - Scarpa, G. M., Zaggia, L., Parnell, K., Soomere, T. et al. The effects of ship wakes in the Venice Lagoon and implications for the sustainability of shipping in coastal waters // Scientific reports (2019) vol. 9, 1, art. 19014, 14 p. : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55238-z - Soomere, T. Numerical simulations of wave climate in the Baltic Sea: a review // Oceanologia (2023) vol. 65, 1, p. 117-140.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceano.2022.01.004 - Najafzadeh, F., Kudryavtseva, N., Soomere, T., Giudici, A. Effect of ice cover on wave statistics and wave-driven processes in the northern Baltic Sea // Boreal environment research (2022) vol. 27, p. 97-116 : ill.
https://www.borenv.net/BER/archive/pdfs/ber27/ber27-097-116.pdf - Giudici, A., Jankowski, M. Z., Männikus, R., Najafzadeh,F., Suursaar, Ü., Soomere, T. A comparison of Baltic Sea wave properties simulated using two modelled wind data sets // Estuarine, coastal and shelf science (2023) vol. 290, art. 108401, 15 p. : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108401 - Mostafavi, M., Delpeche-Ellmann, N., Ellmann, A., Jahanmard, V. Determination of Accurate Dynamic Topography for the Baltic Sea Using Satellite Altimetry and a Marine Geoid Model // Remote sensing (2023) vol. 15, 8, art. 2189.
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15082189 - Räämet, A., Soomere, T. Spatial patterns of quality of historical wave climate reconstructions for the Baltic Sea // Boreal environment research (2021) vol. 26, p. 29-41 : ill.
https://www.proquest.com/docview/2676153664?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true&sourcetype=Scholarly%20Journals - Rajabi-Kiasari, S., Delpeche-Ellmann, N., Ellmann, A. Forecasting of absolute dynamic topography using deep learning algorithm with application to the Baltic Sea // Computers & geosciences (2023) vol. 178, art. 105406, 16 p. : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2023.105406 - Jahanmard, V., Hordoir, R., Delpeche-Ellmann, N., Ellmann, A. Quantification of hydrodynamic model sea level bias utilizing deep learning and synergistic integration of data sources // Ocean modelling (2023) vol. 186, art. 102286 : ill., map.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2023.102286 - Eelsalu, M., Viigand, K., Soomere, T. Quantification of longshore sediment transport and compartments in urban areas : a case study of shores of Tallinn, the Baltic Sea // Regional studies in marine science (2023) vol. 67, art. 103199.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2023.103199 - Männikus, R., Soomere, T. Directional variation of return periods of water level extremes in Moonsund and in the Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea // Regional studies in marine science (2023) vol. 57, art. 102741.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2022.102741 - Harff, J., Soomere, T., Zhang, H. (eds.). Special Issue : Coast and Society. Journal of Coastal Conservation. Volume 23, Issue 4. Dordrecht : Springer, 2019. p. 712-875 : ill.
https://link.springer.com/journal/11852/23/4 - Barzehkar, M., Parnell, K.E., Mobarghaee Dinan, N., Brodie, G. Correction to: Decision support tools for wind and solar farm site selection in Isfahan Province, Iran (Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, (2021), 23, 4, (1179-1195), 10.1007/s10098-020-01978-w) // Clean technologies and environmental policy (2021) vol. 23, 4, p. 1197-1198.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-020-02007-6 - Heinoja, L-L., Delpeche-Ellmann, N., Ellmann, A. Examining the performance of along track multi-mission satellite altimetry – a case study for Sentinel-6 // Journal of geodetic science (2023) vol. 13, 1, art. 20220159.
https://doi.org/10.1515/jogs-2022-0159