User's Manual for Long-Range Swell Forecasting Model
Abstract
At many parts of the world's coasts, swell waves arriving from a distant generation region are an important part of the local wave climate. To provide accurate swell forecasting, a ray tracing swell model was developed using directional wave spectra from a global wave model as input. The model propagates swell energy from source regions to the forecast sites along great circle routes. The effect of island blocking is considered using DBDB2 (2-minute bathymetry database).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 27, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA421081
Entities
People
- James D. Dykes
- William C. O’reilly
- Y. Larry Hsu
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory