2005: Operational forecasting of wind-generated waves by Hurricane Isabel at NCEP
The accuracy of the operational wave models at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) for sea states generated by Hurricane Isabel is assessed. The western North Atlantic (WNA) and the North Atlantic hurricane (NAH) wave models are validated using analyzed wind fields, and wave obs...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.495.6770 2023-05-15T17:29:09+02:00 2005: Operational forecasting of wind-generated waves by Hurricane Isabel at NCEP Hendrik L. Tolman Jose-henrique G. M. Alves Yung Y. Chao The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.495.6770 http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/mmab/papers/tn245/MMAB245.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.495.6770 http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/mmab/papers/tn245/MMAB245.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/mmab/papers/tn245/MMAB245.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T08:45:42Z The accuracy of the operational wave models at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) for sea states generated by Hurricane Isabel is assessed. The western North Atlantic (WNA) and the North Atlantic hurricane (NAH) wave models are validated using analyzed wind fields, and wave observations from the Jason-1 altimeter and from 15 moored buoys. Both models provided excellent guidance for Isabel in the days preceding landfall of the hurricane along the east coast of the United States. However, the NAH model outperforms the WNA model in the initial stages of Isabel, when she was a category 5 hurricane. The NAH model was also more accurate in providing guidance for the swell systems arriving at the U.S. coast well before landfall of Isabel. Although major model deficiencies can be attributed to shortcomings in the driving wind fields, several areas of potential wave model improvement have been identified. 1. Text North Atlantic Unknown |
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The accuracy of the operational wave models at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) for sea states generated by Hurricane Isabel is assessed. The western North Atlantic (WNA) and the North Atlantic hurricane (NAH) wave models are validated using analyzed wind fields, and wave observations from the Jason-1 altimeter and from 15 moored buoys. Both models provided excellent guidance for Isabel in the days preceding landfall of the hurricane along the east coast of the United States. However, the NAH model outperforms the WNA model in the initial stages of Isabel, when she was a category 5 hurricane. The NAH model was also more accurate in providing guidance for the swell systems arriving at the U.S. coast well before landfall of Isabel. Although major model deficiencies can be attributed to shortcomings in the driving wind fields, several areas of potential wave model improvement have been identified. 1. |
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