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Gramcianinov, C.B., Campos, R.M., Guedes Soares, C. and de Camargo, R. (2021), “Distribution and characteristics of extreme waves generated by extratropical cyclones in the North Atlantic Ocean”, Developments in Maritime Technology and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T.A., (Eds.), Taylor and Francis, London, UK, Vol 2, pp. 797-804.
Extreme waves at mid and high latitudes are closely associated with extratropical cyclones. The storm track position and intensity controls the wave climate across the oceans and they are crucial to ship routing and metocean design criteria. It is important to map the spatial distribution of cyclones associated with extreme waves, especially to define regions that present higher risks to shipping and offshore operations. This work aims to produce a climatology of extratropical cyclones, considering only the events associated with extremes waves in the North Atlantic. The season containing more extreme waves events associated with cyclones is the winter, also presenting the highest Hs values and largest extreme regions extension. The Northeastern of North Atlantic is the area with more occurrence of extreme wave events associated with cyclones. High cyclone intensification rate along the storm track allied to an increase of the fetch make the wave climate at this location dominated by cyclone-winds.
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