Swell Conditions at Potential Sites for the Colombian Antarctic Research Station

• Published in: Sustainability
• Main Authors: Serguei Lonin, Wilson A. Rios-Angulo, Jairo Coronado
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic Station; Bransfield Strait; South Shetland Islands; swell; wave model; Antarctic; Livingston Island; South Bay; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/su14042318

The objective of this paper was to characterize swell conditions in the coastal zone of the South Shetland Islands, where our preliminary analyses evaluated potential locations for the Colombian scientific station. The Simulating Waves Nearshore (SWAN) spectral model was implemented for the Bransfie...