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Retrieval of energy spectra from measured data for assimilation into a wave model
Author(s) -
Thomas J. P.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49711448112
Subject(s) - spectral line , data assimilation , meteorology , environmental science , wind wave , wind wave model , significant wave height , wave model , wave height , remote sensing , atmospheric sciences , climatology , wind speed , geology , physics , oceanography , astronomy
Abstract Some results are presented from experiments on modifying modelled wave energy spectra, using reported integrated wave and wind data from three North Sea stations over a six‐month winter period. The resulting spectra are verified against measured spectra from the same stations. Significant improvements are seen in individual cases and in statistical comparisons of spectral parameters over the whole period. Future developments and the problems to be overcome in implementing an operational wave model data assimilation system are discussed.