Adrean Webb
  

Adrean Webb

News

  • 2020 April 1 - I am happy to announce that I have been promoted to Project Associate Professor at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute.
  • 2020 February 14 - I will be presenting on "Future Nearshore Wave Climate Projection for the Northwestern Atlantic" at the CASPO Seminar in Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego (San Diego, CA).
  • 2019 August 29 - "Robustness and uncertainties in global multivariate wind-wave climate projections" has been selected for the September cover of Nature Climate Change.

Research Interests

I am interested in modeling coastal hazards and ocean-related phenomenon using the latest advances in mathematical and numerical analysis.

Waves, Storm Surges, and Climate

I am currently investigating the impacts of climate change on coastal hazards for the Japanese government-funded Tougou Project (Theme D led by Eiichi Nakakita).

Wave Energy Resources / Waves and Sea-Ice

While at The University of Tokyo, I worked with Takuji Waseda on a NEDO project to estimate the available wave energy resources for Japan. I also worked on an Arctic Challenge for Sustainability (ArCS) project to forecast the wave field for the rapidly changing Arctic climate.

Internal Tidal Waves

While at the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, I worked with Hidekatsu Yamazaki to model the generation and dissipation of nonlinear internal tidal waves in a ria estuary (Otsuchi Bay). This work was part of a larger project to study the impact of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.

Wave-Induced Mixing

For part of my thesis, I worked with Baylor Fox-Kemper to derive a new set of approximations for Stokes drift and optimize an ocean surface wave model component for coupling with the NCAR Community Earth System Model (using NOAA WAVEWATCH III).

Meshless Spectral Wave Modeling

In addition, I worked with Natasha Flyer to develop a fast meshless wave model specifically designed for coupling with global climate models. Results from the prototype can be found in my dissertation.

Code & Data

  • MATLAB
    • Stokes drift: Functions for different depth-dependent and depth-integrated approximations can be found here and on the MATLAB Central File Exchange. The functions use either 1D or 2D wave spectra and can handle an arbitrary number of spatial and temporal dimensions. A detailed description of the different approximations can be found in this publication (and respective preprint).
  • NOAA WAVEWATCH III
    • Doppler-shifted wave power density: Variable current effects can be added to wave power calculations within WAVEWATCH III (version 4.18) by modifying the source code function 'w3iogomd.ftn'. Differences between the original and modified files are listed here; the intermediate form is also included since the built-in-version has an undocumented bug (in the spectral tail calculation).
  • Web GIS Dataset
    • Wave and current resource assessment: An online interactive dataset was created to assist with marine renewable energy development in Japan. A detailed description of the dataset can be found in this conference proceeding, and the full dataset can be accessed here. [Note: the portal is currently down for repair.]

Publications

  • Journal Publications
    • 2019 "Robustness and uncertainties in global multivariate wind-wave climate projections."
    • J. Morim, M. Hemer, X.L. Wang, N. Cartwright, C. Trenham, A. Semedo, I. Young, L. Bricheno, P. Camus, M. Casas-Prat, L. Erikson, L. Mentaschi, N. Mori, T. Shimura, B. Timmerman, O. Aarnes, Ø. Breivik, A. Behrens, M. Dobrynin, M. Menendez, J. Staneva, M. Wehner, J. Wolf, B. Kamranzad, A. Webb, J. Stopa, and F. Andutta; Nature Climate Change, 9:711-718. [http] [cover]
    • 2019 "2018 Typhoon Jebi Post-Event Survey of Coastal Damage in the Kansai Region, Japan."
    • N. Mori, T. Yasuda, T. Arikawa, T. Kataoka, S. Nakajo, K. Suzuki, Y. Yamanaka, A. Webb, and 2018 Typhoon Jebi Coastal Disaster Survey Team; Coastal Engineering Journal, (2019):1-17. [bib] [http]
    • 2019 "Impact of the four-wave quasi-resonance to freak wave shapes in the ocean."
    • W. Fujimoto, T. Waseda, and A. Webb; Ocean Dynamics, (2019) 69: 101. [bib] [http]
    • 2018 "Development of waves under explosive cyclones in the Northwestern Pacific."
    • Y. Kita, T. Waseda, and A. Webb; Ocean Dynamics, (2018) 68: 1403. [bib] [http]
    • 2018 "Predictability of storm wave heights in the ice-free Beaufort Sea."
    • T. Nose, A. Webb, and T. Waseda; Ocean Dynamics, (2018) 68: 1383. [bib] [http]
    • 2018 "Correlated Increase of High Ocean Waves and Winds in the Ice-Free Waters of the Arctic Ocean."
    • T. Waseda, A. Webb, K. Sato, J. Inoue, A. Kohout, B. Penrose, and S. Penrose; Scientific Reports, 8(4489):1-9. [bib] [http]
    • 2018 "A three-dimensional numerical study of river plume mixing processes in Otsuchi Bay, Japan."
    • K. Sasmal, E. Masunaga, A. Webb, O. Fringer, E. Gross, M. Rayson, and H. Yamazaki; Journal of Oceanography, (2018) 74: 169. [bib] [http]
    • 2017 "Statistical Models of Global Langmuir Mixing."
    • Q. Li, B. Fox-Kemper, Ø. Breivik, and A. Webb; Ocean Modeling, 113:95-114. [bib] [http]
    • 2016 "Langmuir mixing effects on global climate: WAVEWATCH III in CESM."
    • Q. Li, A. Webb, B. Fox-Kemper, A. Craig, G. Danabasoglu, W.G. Large, and M. Vertenstein; Ocean Modeling, 103: 145-160. [bib] [http]
    • 2015 "Symmetric and Geostrophic Instabilities in the Wave-Forced Ocean Mixed Layer."
    • S. Haney, B. Fox-Kemper, K. Julien, and A. Webb; Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45(12):3033-3056. [bib] [http]
    • 2015 "Impacts of wave spreading and multidirectional waves on estimating Stokes drift."
    • A. Webb and B. Fox-Kemper; Ocean Modeling, 96:49-64. [bib] [http]
    • 2011 "Wave spectral moments and Stokes drift estimation."
    • A. Webb and B. Fox-Kemper; Ocean Modelling 40(3):273-288. [bib] [http]
  • Journal Publications (J-STAGE)
    • 2019 "Global Tropical Cyclone Track Detection and Analysis of the d4PDF Mega-ensemble Projection."
    • A. Webb, T. Shimura, and N. Mori; The 66th Coastal Engineering Lectures, 75(2).
    • 2018 "A High-Resolution Future Wave Climate Projection for the Coastal Northwestern Atlantic."
    • A. Webb, T. Shimura, and N. Mori; The 65th Coastal Engineering Lectures, 74(2). [http]
    • 2016 "Marine energy resource assessment at reconnaissance to feasibility study stages; wave power, ocean and tidal current power, and ocean thermal power" (in Japanese).
    • T. Waseda, A. Webb, K. Kiyomatsu, W. Fujimoto, Y. Miyazawa, S. Varlamov, K. Horiuchi, T. Fujiwara, T. Taniguchi, K. Matsuda, and J. Yoshikawa; Journal of the Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers, 23:189-198. [bib] [http]
  • Refereed Conference Proceedings (Selected)
    • 2018 "Comparison of long-term trends of the largest waves in the ice-free Arctic waters from different reanalysis products."
    • T. Waseda, T. Nose, and A. Webb; ASME 2018 37th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Vol. 3: Structures, Safety, and Reliability. [html]
    • 2017 "Arctic Wave Observation by Drifting Type Wave Buoys in 2016."
    • T. Waseda, A. Webb, K. Sato, J. Inoue, A. Kohout, B. Penrose, and S. Penrose; The 27th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers. [html]
    • 2016 "A High-Resolution, Wave and Current Resource Assessment of Japan: the Web GIS Dataset."
    • A. Webb, T. Waseda, W. Fujimoto, K. Horiuchi, K. Kiyomatsu, K. Matsuda, Y. Miyazawa, S. Varlamov, and J. Yoshikawa; Proceedings of the 3rd Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference. [bib] [pdf]
  • Other Writings
    • 2018 "Report of the 2018 Meeting for the WCRP-JCOMM Coordinated Ocean Wave Climate Project (COWCLIP), Paris, 21-23 May, 2018."
    • M. Hemer, X.L. Wang, and A. Webb; JCOMM Technical Report 92. [html]
    • 2017 "WAVEWATCH III in CESM and Langmuir mixing."
    • Q. Li, B. Fox-Kemper, and A. Webb; POP2 Reference Manual Addendum, LANL Tech Note LAUR- 10-018253, in press. [pdf]
    • 2013 "Stokes Drift and Meshless Wave Modeling."
    • A. Webb; PhD thesis, University of Colorado Boulder. [bib] [pdf]
  • Submitted Publications
    • 2019 "Climate change impact assessments on natural disasters in Japan and East Asia."
    • N. Mori, T. Takemi, Y. Tachikawa, H. Tatano, T. Shimura, T. Tanaka, T. Fujimi, Y. Osakada, A. Webb, and E. Nakakita; submitted to Progress in Earth and Planetary Science (2019/12).
    • 2019 "A high-resolution, long-term wave resource assessment of Japan with wave-current effects."
    • A. Webb, T. Waseda, and K. Kiyomatsu; submitted to Renewable Energy (2019/5).

Teaching

I am currently not doing any teaching at this time. Previous university courses and programs are listed below.

  • National Center for Atmospheric Research
  • 2010 Summer, IMAGe Summer Graduate School on Mathematics of Climate Change (TA)
  • University of Colorado Boulder
  • 2013 Spring, Calculus II (TA)
  • 2008 Fall, Calculus II Workgroup (Instructor) / Calculus II (TA)
  • 2008 Summer, Calculus II (TA)
  • 2008 Spring, Ordinary Differential Equations (TA)
  • 2007 Fall, Calculus III (TA)
  • University of New Hampshire
  • 2007 Summer, Calculus II (Instructor)
  • 2007 Spring, Calculus II (TA)
  • 2006 Fall, Calculus I (TA)
  • 2006 Summer, Pre-Calculus: Online Course (Instructor)
  • 2006 Spring, Pre-Calculus (Instructor)
  • 2005 Fall, Finite Mathematics (TA)

Contact Details

    Kyoto University
    Disaster Prevention Research Institute
    Coastal Disaster Research Section
    Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan

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