Ocean wave modes in the South Atlantic by a short-scale simulation

• Published in: Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography
• Main Authors: Cláudia K. Parise, Leandro Farina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Stockholm University Press 2012
• Subjects: ocean waves modelling; empirical orthogonal functions; singular value decomposition; South Atlantic; ocean wave climate; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Wave Peak; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v64i0.17362; https://doaj.org/article/c47d84d2ea1f4e58a97e04f384ed0036

The shortage of observational ocean wave data in the South Atlantic (SA) Ocean has resulted in numerical modelling becoming the most used tool for the investigation of wave climate in this oceanic region. In this article, the global model WAve Model (WAM) is used to simulate ocean waves in the SA fr...