Tahiti, Moorea, and Bora-Bora (French Polynesia)
Client : BRL Ingénierie
Date of completion : 2021
For the elaboration of a hazard mapping of wave submersion in several island of French Polynesia, Globocean performed a specific cyclonic study based on dedicated numerical modelling and wind and wave observations by satellite.
The following steps were performed for this study:
Assessment of synthetic extreme cyclones by bi-variate extreme analysis (KDE iso-probable curves)
Elaboration of the cyclonic atmospheric structure (parametric model of Holland)
Modelling of the offshore cyclonic swell (software WaveWatchIII)
Validation against satellite observations of cyclonic waves
Modelling of the propagation of the cyclonic waves around the islands (software SWAN)
