Seas and swells throughout New Zealand: A new partitioned hindcast

Albuquerque, João; Antolínez, Jose A.A.; Gorman, Richard M.; Méndez, Fernando J.; Coco, Giovanni

doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2021.101897

Seas and swells throughout New Zealand

Title

Seas and swells throughout New Zealand: A new partitioned hindcast

Author

Albuquerque, João (The University of Auckland)
Antolínez, Jose A.A. (TU Delft Coastal Engineering)
Gorman, Richard M. (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA))
Méndez, Fernando J. (University of Cantabria)
Coco, Giovanni (The University of Auckland)

Date

2021

Abstract

A high resolution partitioned wave hindcast of New Zealand waters is presented together with validation results against 9 buoy deployments that are representative of the local wave climate. An analysis of integrated and partitioned mean wave parameters was conducted together with a study of the correlation between wave height anomalies and atmospheric indices. A directional spatial analysis was also performed to identify and quantify wave systems that are not detectable by in situ buoys or hindcast integrated parameters. The presented study outlines a framework of how partitions can be analyzed in order to improve our understanding of the local wave climate in terms of wind-sea and swell waves.

Subject

Downscaling
Hindcast
Multimodal spectra
Swell waves
Wave partitions
Wind-sea waves

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2021.101897

ISSN

1463-5003

Source

Ocean Modelling, 168

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