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A method for spatial calibration of wave hindcast data bases
- Source :
- Continental Shelf Research. 28:391-398
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2008.
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Abstract
- In the last years, new tools have been developed to describe wave climate. In particular, wave hindcast models allow a very detailed description in time and space. However, the data bases generated from these models require calibration with instrumental observations. In this work, a methodology for spatial calibration of wave hindcast data bases is developed. It is based on an Empirical Orthogonal Function decomposition and a non-linear transformation of the spatial–time modes. The method is applied to monthly long-term distribution of significant wave height in the Western Mediterranean. The calibration (transformation of the modes) is carried out using existing buoys in the area. After calibration, the validation with satellite data shows that this methodology is useful to better define wave climate from hindcast data bases.
- Subjects :
- Spatial correlation
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Meteorology
010505 oceanography
Calibration (statistics)
Spatial calibration
Geology
Empirical orthogonal functions
Aquatic Science
Oceanography
01 natural sciences
Wind wave model
Transformation (function)
13. Climate action
Environmental science
Hindcast
Significant wave height
Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Remote sensing
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 02784343
- Volume :
- 28
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Continental Shelf Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........da60db92e2f42a0810f718b6be891e76