Application of Creeping Sea-Fill Methodology to the Wind Speed over the Caspian Sea

Abstract

Numerical weather prediction (NWP) products include possible errors near coastal regions. The effects of such errors on near-surface wind speed, which is one of the critical variables for coastal applications, are investigated over the Caspian Sea. For this purpose, a creeping sea-fill methodology developed by Kara, Wallcraft, and Hurlburt was applied to the coarse resolution (1.125 degrees x 1.125 degrees) wind speed data obtained from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), and the results were compared with the relatively fine resolution (0.25 degrees x 0.25 degrees) satellite-based wind speed data. It is shown that the applied methodology improved the accuracy of the wind speed near the coastal regions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA474299

Entities

People

  • Ahmet B. Kara
  • Alan J. Wallcraft
  • Edward Joseph Metzger
  • Murat Gunduz

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Bodies Of Water
  • Brackish Water
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Caspian Sea
  • Coastal Regions
  • Department Of Defense
  • Earth Sciences
  • Errors
  • Grids
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Military Research
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Regions
  • Weather Forecasting

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Seismology

Technology Areas

  • Space