U.S. Navy Hindcast Spectral Ocean Wave Model Climatic Atlas: North Atlantic Ocean

Existing wave climatologies are primarily based on visual ship observations. These climatologies may be unreliable, particularly in data-sparse regions. Shipborne wave recorders have provided reliable wave data for selected areas of the oceans, but a scarcity of these data remains. This pilot atlas...

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Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHY COMMAND DETACHMENT ASHEVILLE NC
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1983
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*OCEAN WAVES
ORIENTATION(DIRECTION)
SLOPE
HEIGHT
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
CHARTS
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
GRAPHS
WIND VELOCITY
HINDCASTING
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA141810
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA141810
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Summary:Existing wave climatologies are primarily based on visual ship observations. These climatologies may be unreliable, particularly in data-sparse regions. Shipborne wave recorders have provided reliable wave data for selected areas of the oceans, but a scarcity of these data remains. This pilot atlas introduces a new, numerically derived, historical data set in the form of a wind and wave climatology. It is intended to provide the design, scientific and operational communities a more accurate representation of the overall wave climate of the North Atlantic Ocean than is available from other sources. Availability: Superintendent of Documents, GPO, Washington, DC 20402.

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