FOWD: A Free Ocean Wave Dataset for Data Mining and Machine Learning

The occurrence of extreme (rogue) waves in the ocean is for the most part still shrouded in mystery, as the rare nature of these events makes them difficult to analyze with traditional methods. Modern data mining and machine learning methods provide a promising way out, but they typically rely on the availability of massive amounts of well-cleaned data. To facilitate the application of such data-hungry methods to surface ocean waves, we developed FOWD, a freely available wave dataset and processing framework. FOWD describes the conversion of raw observations into a catalogue that maps characteristic sea state parameters to observed wave quantities. Specifically, we employ a running window approach that respects the non-stationary nature of the oceans, and extensive quality control to reduce bias in the resulting dataset. We also supply a reference Python implementation of the FOWD processing toolkit, which we use to process the entire CDIP buoy data catalogue containing over 4 billion waves. In a first experiment, we find that, when the full elevation time series is available, surface elevation kurtosis and maximum wave height are the strongest univariate predictors for rogue wave activity. When just a spectrum is given, crest-trough correlation, spectral bandwidth, and mean period fill this role

Veros v0.1.0

The first official release of Veros. All core routines in this version are more or less direct (vectorized) translations of their respective pyOM 2.1.0 counterpart. The code is optimized for use with NumPy or Bohrium, using either the OpenMP or OpenCL backend. Supports both Python 2.7 and 3.x, but you might run into issues with Bohrium on Python 3.x

dionhaefner/veros: Veros on PyPI

The versatile ocean simulator, in pure Python, powered by Bohrium. Because the baroque is over