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44-year wave hindcast for the North East Atlantic European coast
AbstractThis paper describes a 44-year (from 1958 to 2001) wave hindcast conducted for the North Atlantic, using a fine grid in the North East Atlantic coastal areas of Europe. The wind fields were obtained by a local area model that was applied in the areas adjacent to the European coasts, which was forced by the results of the NCEP reanalysis. While the NCEP results have a spatial distribution of 2° and a time step of 6 h the wind fields produced by the local area model have a spatial resolution of 0.5° and a time step of 1 h, which is important for accurate descriptions of the conditions in coastal areas and in rapidly changing storms. A version of the WAM model that allowed two-way nesting was adopted and calculations were made with nested grids allowing a fine resolution in the coastal areas of Europe. This paper includes the description of the set-up of the wave model and the validation performed vs. in-situ measurements so as to allow assessments of the quality of the data produced in this study.
44-year wave hindcast for the North East Atlantic European coast
AbstractThis paper describes a 44-year (from 1958 to 2001) wave hindcast conducted for the North Atlantic, using a fine grid in the North East Atlantic coastal areas of Europe. The wind fields were obtained by a local area model that was applied in the areas adjacent to the European coasts, which was forced by the results of the NCEP reanalysis. While the NCEP results have a spatial distribution of 2° and a time step of 6 h the wind fields produced by the local area model have a spatial resolution of 0.5° and a time step of 1 h, which is important for accurate descriptions of the conditions in coastal areas and in rapidly changing storms. A version of the WAM model that allowed two-way nesting was adopted and calculations were made with nested grids allowing a fine resolution in the coastal areas of Europe. This paper includes the description of the set-up of the wave model and the validation performed vs. in-situ measurements so as to allow assessments of the quality of the data produced in this study.
44-year wave hindcast for the North East Atlantic European coast
Pilar, P. (author) / Soares, C. Guedes (author) / Carretero, J.C. (author)
Coastal Engineering ; 55 ; 861-871
2008-01-01
11 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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