Comparing wave heights simulated in the Black Sea by the SWAN model with satellite data and direct wave measurementsстатья
Статья опубликована в журнале из списка RSCI Web of Science
Информация о цитировании статьи получена из
Web of Science
Статья опубликована в журнале из перечня ВАК
Статья опубликована в журнале из списка Web of Science и/или Scopus
Дата последнего поиска статьи во внешних источниках: 18 марта 2017 г.
Аннотация:The results of wave simulation in the Black Sea using the SWAN spectral wave model
and wind forcing data from the NCEP/CFSR reanalyze are presented in this paper.
The calculations were done using the special unstructured mesh with spatial resolution
of 10 km in the open sea and 200 m in the Tsemes Bay. The assessment of the wave
simulation accuracy was performed on the basis of the satellite altimetry data and direct
wave measurements in the shallow water. When comparing the calculated significant wave
height with observational data the correlation equaled 0.8, while the root mean square
error equaled 0.3. The comparison of simulation results and satellite data also showed
good correlation. KEYWORDS: Black Sea; Tsemes Bay; wind waves; wave modeling; SWAN;
unstructured mesh; satellite altimetry.