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Autumn 2016 Model Validation

January 4, 2017January 28, 2017 Andrea Leave a comment Validations

Can I trust wave forecast made by means of numerical models? Wave forecast, that is the prediction of the evolution of a sea state under the forcing of the atmospheric agents, is just an application of the most sophisticated wave models available nowadays. The main and ultimate goal of this kind of models is to […]

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Model validation

June 16, 2016June 28, 2016 Andrea Leave a comment Validations

Even though wave models have become more and more robust and reliable, comparison between model results and data measurements is still a crucial task that no wave modeller can overlook. Here, the SWELLBEAT model data proceeding from the WW3 simulation started on the 13/06/2016 are compared with the wind and wave data measured by the […]

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