Directional Phase-Resolved Broadband Observations of Breaking Waves

Project Overview

This project uses stereo visible and infrared camera systems on the Air-Sea Interaction Tower (ASIT) at the Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory, together with existing stereo-wave observations, to investigate the dynamics of ocean wave breaking. The dataset is being used to improve our understanding of breaking-wave statistics and dissipation and to develop improved parameterizations for wave and air–sea interaction models.

Funding: NSF OCE-2319116 (PI: Leonel Romero)

Period: 8/1/2023 - 7/31/2027

Publications

Software

  • Akaawase, Bernard (2025). Wave Breaking Kinematics. Zenodo. DOI

Invited Talks and Seminars

  • Romero, L. (2026, June). Directional wave breaking kinematics from stereo visible and infrared field observations, Air-Sea Interaction Symposium, University of Rhode Island

  • Romero, L. (2025, Nov.). Directional Phase-Resolved Broadband Observations of Breaking Waves, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Ocean and Climate Physics Seminar

  • Romero, L. (2024, Nov.). Directional Kinematics of Breaking Surface Gravity Waves, Georgia Institute of Technology (virtual)

  • Romero, L. (2024, April) Wave Dissipation, Spectral Ranges, and Energy Balance. 30th WISE meeting, Corsica, France

Conference Presentations

  • Romero L., Akaawase B., and Benetazzo A. (2026, May). Directional Broadband Observations of Breaking Waves (talk). WISE Meeting, Venice, Italy

  • Akaawase B. and Romero L. (2026, Feb.). Wave Breaking Kinematics under Strongly Misaligned Winds and Dominant Waves (virtual poster). Ocean Sciences Meeting, Glasgow

  • Akaawase B., Romero L., Benetazzo A. (2025, May). Phase-Resolved Broadband Observations of Directional Breaking Waves (talk). Waves in the Sea Environment (WISE) meeting, Seattle

  • Akaawase B., Romero L. (2024, February). Directional breaking kinematics observations from 3D stereo reconstruction of ocean waves (talk). Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA

  • Akaawase B., Romero L., and Benetazzo A. (2023, May). Directional breaking kinematics observations from 3D stereo reconstruction of ocean waves (talk). 29th Waves in the Sea Environment (WISE), Princeton, NJ

Wave Breaking Field Measurements Observations Stereo Measurments Infrared Imagery Visible Imagery Current