Impact of ERS-1 observations on wave forecasting in the North Sea

A rather large number of conventional observations is available for the North Sea. Yet a comparison with the coverage of ERS-1 shows that its data will be a valuable addition to the existing data, especially in the north. The wave forecasting methods in use for swell forecasting in the southern North Sea suffer from a lack of data from the...

Measurements of wind-wave growth and swell decay during the Joint North Sea Wave Project (JONSWAP)

"Wave spectra were measured along a profile extending 160 kilometers into the North Sea westward from Sylt for a period often weeks in 1968 and 1969. During the main experiment in July 1969, thirteen wave stations were in operation, of which six stations continued measurements into the first two weeks of August. A smaller pilot experiment was...