Long-term assessment of wave conditions and wave energy resource in the Arctic Ocean

It was recently shown that the Arctic has been warming much faster than the rest of the globe during the last decades. This warming has reduced the ice extent significantly, which will strongly impact the wave climate in the Arctic regions, thus affecting the design of marine structures, operations, and energy resources. This study focuses on the higher latitudes, and uses the advanced wave hindcast NORA3, which covers a big part of the North …