<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The paper presents a first experimental version of the original QGIS plugin QWaveTransposition that numerically implements the geographic transposition of wave gauge data method proposed by Contini and De Girolamo (1998) for offshore wave hindcasting. The method allows one to transfer wave data measured at a given gauging station to a virtual station located offshore the area of interest, by comparing the effective fetches at both stations. The QWaveTransposition plugin was implemented in Python programming language, including the NumPy package for numerical computations. A graphical user interface was developed to manage the input/output data and model parameters. The fetch geometry at real and virtual stations can be imported by selecting appropriate vector layers from the QGIS map. An application to a sample site in southern Italy is presented for example purposes.</p></abstract>

The paper presents a first experimental version of the original QGIS plugin QWaveTransposition that numerically implements the geographic transposition of wave gauge data method proposed by Contini and De Girolamo (1998) for offshore wave hindcasting. The method allows one to transfer wave data measured at a given gauging station to a virtual station located offshore the area of interest, by comparing the effective fetches at both stations. The QWaveTransposition plugin was implemented in Python programming language, including the NumPy package for numerical computations. A graphical user interface was developed to manage the input/output data and model parameters. The fetch geometry at real and virtual stations can be imported by selecting appropriate vector layers from the QGIS map. An application to a sample site in southern Italy is presented for example purposes.

A QGIS Plugin for Offshore Wave Hindcasting Based on Geographic Transposition of Wave Gauge Data

ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Territorial and Production Systems Sustainability Department, Models and Technologies for Mitigation of Human Impacts and Natural Hazards Division, Seismic Engineering and Prevention of Natural Hazards Laboratory, Piazzale Enrico Fermi 1, 80055, Portici (NA),

Journal of Applied Engineering Sciences

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The paper presents a first experimental version of the original QGIS plugin QWaveTransposition that numerically implements the geographic transposition of wave...

A QGIS Plugin for Offshore Wave Hindcasting Based on Geographic Transposition of Wave Gauge Data

Published Online: Dec 30, 2016

Page range: 33 - 40

Received: Oct 05, 2016

Accepted: Oct 10, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jaes-2016-0015

Keywords
sea waves, hindcasting, geographic transposition, QGIS

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

A QGIS Plugin for Offshore Wave Hindcasting Based on Geographic Transposition of Wave Gauge Data

Published Online: Dec 30, 2016

Page range: 33 - 40

Received: Oct 05, 2016

Accepted: Oct 10, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jaes-2016-0015

Keywordssea waves, hindcasting, geographic transposition, QGIS

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
sea waves, hindcasting, geographic transposition, QGIS