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Dr Toffoli, Alessandro
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Alberello, A.; Bennetts, L.G.; Onorato, M.; Vichi, M.; MacHutchon, K.; Eayrs, C.; Ntamba, B.N.; Benetazzo, A.; Bergamasco, F.; Nelli, F.; Pattani, R.; Clarke, H.; Tersigni, I.; Toffoli, A. (2022). Three-dimensional imaging of waves and floes in the marginal ice zone during a cyclone. Nature Comm. 13(1): 4590. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32036-2, more Cabral, I.S.; Young, I.R.; Toffoli, A. (2022). Long-term and seasonal variability of wind and wave extremes in the Arctic Ocean. Front. Mar. Sci. 9: 802022. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.802022, more Damousi, J.; Nelli, F.; Austen, A.N.; Toffoli, A.; Tomsic, M. (2022). Forced migration, oceanic humanitarianism, and the paradox of danger and saviour of a Vietnamese refugee boat journey. Historical Journal 65(2): 505-526. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X21000595, more Passerotti, G.; Bennetts, L.G.; von Bock und Polach, F.; Alberello, A.; Puolakka, O.; Dolatshah, A.; Monbaliu, J.; Toffoli, A. (2022). Interactions between irregular wave fields and sea ice: a physical model for wave attenuation and ice breakup in an ice tank. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 52(7): 1431-1446. https://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-21-0238.1, more Womack, A.; Vichi, M.; Alberello, A.; Toffoli, A. (2022). Atmospheric drivers of a winter-to-spring Lagrangian sea-ice drift in the Eastern Antarctic marginal ice zone. J. Glaciol. 68(271): 999-1013. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.14, more Aouf, L.; Hauser, D.; Chapron, B.; Toffoli, A.; Tourain, C.; Peureux, C. (2021). New directional wave satellite observations: towards improved wave forecasts and climate description in Southern Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett. 48(5): e2020GL091187. https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091187, more Derkani, M.H.; Alberello, A.; Nelli, F.; Bennetts, L.G.; Hessner, K.G.; MacHutchon, K.; Reichert, K.; Aouf, L.; Khan, S.; Toffoli, A. (2021). Wind, waves, and surface currents in the Southern Ocean: observations from the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition. ESSD 13(3): 1189-1209. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-1189-2021, more Alberello, A.; Bennetts, L.; Heil, P.; Eayrs, C.; Vichi, M.; MacHutchon, K.; Onorato, M.; Toffoli, A. (2020). Drift of pancake ice floes in the winter Antarctic marginal ice zone during polar cyclones. JGR: Oceans 125(3): e2019JC015418. https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015418, more Greenslade, D.; Hemer, M.; Babanin, A.; Lowe, R.; Turner, I.; Power, H.; Young, I.; Ierodiaconou, D.; Hibbert, G.; Williams, G.; Aijaz, S.; Albuquerque, J.; Allen, S.; Banner, M.; Branson, P.; Buchan, S.; Burton, A.; Bye, J.; Cartwright, N.; Chabchoub, A.; Colberg, F.; Contardo, S.; Dufois, F.; Earl-Spurr, C.; Farr, D.; Goodwin, I.; Gunson, J.; Hansen, J.; Hanslow, D.; Harley, M.; Hetzel, Y.; Hoeke, R.; Jones, N.; Kinsela, M.; Liu, Q.; Makarynskyy, O.; Marcollo, H.; Mazaheri, S.; McConochie, J.; Millar, G.; Moltmann, T.; Moodie, N.; Morim, J.; Morison, R.; Orszaghova, J.; Pattiaratchi, C.; Pomeroy, A.; Proctor, R.; Provis, D.; Reef, R.; Rijnsdorp, D.; Rutherford, M.; Schulz, E.; Shayer, J.; Splinter, K.; Steinberg, C.; Strauss, D.; Stuart, G.; Symonds, G.; Tarbath, K.; Taylor, D.; Taylor, J.; Thotagamuwage, D.; Toffoli, A.; Valizadeh, A.; van Hazel, J.; Vieira da Silva, G.; Wandres, M.; Whittaker, C.; Williams, D.; Winter, G.; Xu, J.; Zhong, A.; Zieger, S. (2020). 15 priorities for wind-waves research: an Australian perspectivePriorities for Wind-Waves Research: An Australian Perspective. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 101(4): E446-E461. https://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0262.1, more Huang, L.; Tuhkuri, J.; Igrec, B.; Li, M.; Stagonas, D.; Toffoli, A.; Cardiff, P.; Thomas, G. (2020). Ship resistance when operating in floating ice floes: a combined CFD&DEM approach. Mar. Struct. 74: 102817. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marstruc.2020.102817, more Nelli, F.; Bennetts, L.G.; Skene, D.M.; Toffoli, A. (2020). Water wave transmission and energy dissipation by a floating plate in the presence of overwash. J. Fluid Mech. 889: A19. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2020.75, more Thurnherr, I.; Kozachek, A.; Graf, P.; Weng, Y.; Bolshiyanov, D.; Landwehr, S.; Pfahl, S.; Schmale, J.; Sodemann, H.; Steen-Larsen, H.C.; Toffoli, A.; Wernli, H.; Aemisegger, F. (2020). Meridional and vertical variations of the water vapour isotopic composition in the marine boundary layer over the Atlantic and Southern Ocean. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 20(9): 5811-5835. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-5811-2020, more Alberello, A.; Onorato, M.; Bennetts, L.; Vichi, M.; Eayrs, C.; MacHutchon, K.; Toffoli, A. (2019). Brief communication: Pancake ice floe size distribution during the winter expansion of the Antarctic marginal ice zone. Cryosphere 13(1): 41-48. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-41-2019, more Alberello, A.; Onorato, M.; Frascoli, F.; Toffoli, A. (2019). Observation of turbulence and intermittency in wave-induced oscillatory flows. Wave Motion 84: 81-89. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wavemoti.2018.10.003, more Chabchoub, A.; Mozumi, K.; Hoffmann, N.; Babanin, A.V.; Toffoli, A.; Steer, J.N.; van den Bremer, T.S.; Akhmediev, N.; Onorato, M.; Waseda, T. (2019). Directional soliton and breather beams. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 116(20): 9759-9763. https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1821970116, more Schmale, J.; Baccarini, A.; Thurnherr, I.; Henning, S.; Efraim, A.; Regayre, L.; Bolas, C.; Hartmann, M.; Welti, A.; Lehtipalo, K.; Aemisegger, F.; Tatzelt, C.; Landwehr, S.; Modini, R.L.; Tummon, F.; Johnson, J.S.; Harris, N.; Schnaiter, M.; Toffoli, A.; Derkani, M.H.; Bukowiecki, N.; Stratmann, F.; Dommen, J.; Baltensperger, U.; Wernli, H.; Rosenfeld, D.; Gysel-Beer, M.; Carslaw, K.S. (2019). Overview of the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition: Study of Preindustrial-like Aerosols and Their Climate Effects (ACE-SPACE). Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 100(11): 2260-2283. https://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0187.1, more Vichi, M.; Eayrs, C.; Alberello, A.; Bekker, A.; Bennetts, L.; Holland, D.; de Jong, E.; Joubert, W.; MacHutchon, K.; Messori, G.; Mojica, J.F.; Onorato, M.; Saunders, C.; Skatulla, S.; Toffoli, A. (2019). Effects of an explosive polar cyclone crossing the Antarctic marginal ice zone. Geophys. Res. Lett. 46(11): 5948-5958. https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082457, more Alberello, A.; Chabchoub, A.; Monty, J.P.; Nelli, F.; Lee, J.H.; Elsnab, J.; Toffoli, A. (2018). An experimental comparison of velocities underneath focussed breaking waves. Ocean Eng. 155: 201-210. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2018.02.049, more El Koussaifi, R.; Tikan, A.; Toffoli, A.; Randoux, S.; Suret, P.; Onorato, M. (2018). Spontaneous emergence of rogue waves in partially coherent waves: a quantitative experimental comparison between hydrodynamics and optics. Physical Review E 97(1): 012208. https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.97.012208, more Fadaeiazar, E.; Alberello, A.; Onorato, M.; Leontini, J.; Frascoli, F.; Waseda, T.; Toffoli, A. (2018). Wave turbulence and intermittency in directional wave fields. Wave Motion 83: 94-101. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wavemoti.2018.09.002, more Bitner-Gregersen, E.M.; Toffoli, A. (2014). Occurrence of rogue sea states and consequences for marine structures. Ocean Dynamics 64(10): 1457-1468. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-014-0753-2, more Toffoli, A.; Bitner-Gregersen, E.M.; Osborne, A.R.; Serio, M.; Monbaliu, J.; Onorato, M. (2011). Extreme waves in random crossing seas: laboratory experiments and numerical simulations. Geophys. Res. Lett. 38(6). http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011GL046827, more Toffoli, A.; Cavaleri, L.; Babanin, A.V.; Benoit, M.; Bitner-Gregersen, E.M.; Monbaliu, J.; Onorato, M.; Osborne, A.R.; Stansberg, C.T. (2011). Occurrence of extreme waves in three-dimensional mechanically generated wave fields propagating over an oblique current. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 11(3): 895-903. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-11-895-2011, more Toffoli, A.; Gramstad, O.; Trulsen, K.; Monbaliu, J.; Bitner-Gregersen, E.; Onorato, M. (2010). Evolution of weakly nonlinear random directional waves: laboratory experiments and numerical simulations. J. Fluid Mech. 664: 313-336. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002211201000385X, more Onorato, M.; Cavaleri, L.; Fouques, S.; Gramstad, O.; Janssen, P.A.E.M.; Monbaliu, J.; Osborne, A.R.; Pakozdi, C.; Serio, M.; Stansberg, C.T.; Toffoli, A.; Trulsen, K. (2009). Statistical properties of mechanically generated surface gravity waves: a laboratory experiment in a three-dimensional wave basin. J. Fluid Mech. 627: 235-257. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002211200900603X, more Toffoli, A.; Onorato, M.; Babanin, A.V.; Bitner-Gregersen, E.; Osborne, A.R.; Monbaliu, J. (2007). Second-order theory and setup in surface gravity waves: A comparison with experimental data. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 37(11): 2726-2739. dx.doi.org/10.1175/2007JPO3634.1, more Toffoli, A.; Lefevre, J.M.; Bitner-Gregersen, E.; Monbaliu, J. (2005). Towards the identification of warning criteria: Analysis of a ship accident database. Appl. Ocean Res. 27(6): 281-291. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2006.03.003, more
Peer reviewed publications (2) [show]
Jenkins, A.D.; Magnusson, A.K.; Niedermeier, A.; Monbaliu, J.; Toffoli, A.; Trulsen, K. (2005). Rogue waves and extreme events in measured time-series, in: Olagnon, M. et al. (Ed.) Rogue Waves 2004: Proceedings of a Workshop in Brest, France, 20-21-22 October 2004. Actes de Colloques - IFREMER, 39: pp. 1, more Magnusson, A.K.; Monbaliu, J.; Toffoli, A.; Bitner-Gregersen, E. (2005). On the shape of large waves in the central and southern North Sea, in: Olagnon, M. et al. (Ed.) Rogue Waves 2004: Proceedings of a Workshop in Brest, France, 20-21-22 October 2004. Actes de Colloques - IFREMER, 39: pp. 1-2, more
Book chapters (5) [show]
Mercelis, P.; Vanmarcke, N.; Smith, G.; Dumon, G.; Toffoli, A.; Monbaliu, J. (2008). Influence of location and instrumentation on wave group characteristics, in: ASME 2008 27th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic EngineeringJune 15–20, 2008, Estoril, Portugal - Volume 4: Ocean Engineering; Offshore Renewable Energy. pp. 859-867, more Toffoli, A.; Onorato, M.; Osborne, A.R.; Monbaliu, J. (2008). Non-Gaussian properties of shallow water waves in crossing seas, in: Pelinovsky, E. et al. Extreme ocean waves. pp. 53-69. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8314-3_3, more Toffoli, A.; Lefèvre, J.M.; Monbaliu, J.; Bitner-Gregersen, E. (2004). Dangerous sea-states for marine operations, in: Chung, J.S. et al. The Proceedings of the 14th (2004) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Toulon, France, May 23-28, 2004. pp. 85-92, more Toffoli, A.; Lefèvre, J.M.; Josse, P.; Monbaliu, J. (2004). Investigation of unexpected sea-states, in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE), Vancouver, Canada, 20-25 June, 2004. , more Toffoli, A.; Lefèvre, J.M.; Monbaliu, J.; Savina, H.; Bitner-Gregersen, E. (2003). Freak waves: clues for prediction in ship accidents?, in: Chung, J.S. et al. The Proceedings of The Thirteenth (2003) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, May 25-30, 2003. pp. 23-29, more
Thesis [show]
Toffoli, A. (2006). Surface elevation in unimodal and bimodal directional sea states = Hoogteligging van het wateroppervlak bij unimodale en bimodale directionele zeeën. PhD Thesis. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven: Leuven. , more
Abstracts (2) [show]
Fernandez, L.; Toffoli, A.; Suslov, S.; Monbaliu, J. (2012). Assessing the combined effect of higher order nonlinearity, directional properties and finite water depth on the statistical properties of surface gravity waves, in: Troch, P. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts of the 4th International Conference on the Application of Physical Modelling to Port and Coastal Protection - Coastlab12. Department of Civil Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, September 17-20, 2012. pp. 201-202, more Toffoli, A.; Monbaliu, J. (2004). Freak waves: myths and facts, in: Mees, J. et al. VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 5 March 2004: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 17: pp. 24, more
Other publications (3) [show]
Decorte, G.; Toffoli, A.; Lombaert, G.; Monbaliu, J. (2021). On the use of a domain decomposition strategy in obtaining response statistics in non-Gaussian seas. Fluids 6(1): 28. https://hdl.handle.net/10.3390/fluids6010028, more Marquart, R.; Bogaers, A.; Skatulla, S.; Alberello, A.; Toffoli, A.; Schwarz, C.; Vichi, M. (2021). A computational fluid dynamics model for the small-scale dynamics of wave, ice floe and interstitial grease ice interaction. Fluids 6(5): 176. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fluids6050176, more Toffoli, A.; Monbaliu, J. (2005). Plots uit het niets opduikende monstergolven: hoe onverklaarbaar zijn deze 'freak waves'?, in: VLIZ Nieuwsbrief 13-14. VLIZ Nieuwsbrief van het Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee, 13-14: pp. 3-9, more

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