Influence of the wind fields on the accuracy of numerical wave modelling in offshore locations

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 637-644

  Rusu, Liliana ^a   Bernardino, Mariana ^a   Soares, C Guedes ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA OF INTEREST; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CHECK POINTS; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; DIRECTIONAL BUOY; IN-SITU MEASURED DATA; LEVEL OF DETAIL; MEAN PERIOD; NCEP REANALYSIS; NONSTATIONARY; NORTH ATLANTIC; NUMERICAL MODELS; OFFSHORE LOCATIONS; POINT OF INTEREST; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SWAN MODEL; TRANSFORMATION MODULES; WATER DEPTH; WAVE DIRECTION; WAVE MODELLING; WAVE PREDICTIONS; WAVE-RIDERS; WIND FIELD;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; MECHANICS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SECURITY OF DATA;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 77958007196     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2008-57861     Document Type: Conference Paper

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