The surface wave environment in the GATE B/C Scale - Phase III
The surface wave environment in the GATE B/C scale is described from wave measurements made from buoys and aircraft during Phase III (September 1974). Particular emphasis is given to the wave measurements made from the pitch-roll buoy deployed in the B-scale array from the ship Gilliss and a similar...
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ftpubman:oai:pure.mpg.de:item_2514765 2023-08-27T04:10:55+02:00 The surface wave environment in the GATE B/C Scale - Phase III Cardone, V. Carlson, H. Ewing, J. Hasselmann, K. Lazanoff, S. McLeish, W. Ross, D. 1981 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0008-7BAE-B http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0008-7BB0-7 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1175/1520-0485(1981)011<1280:TSWEIT>2.0.CO;2 http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0008-7BAE-B http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0008-7BB0-7 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Journal of Physical Oceanography info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1981 ftpubman https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1981)011<1280:TSWEIT>2.0.CO;2 2023-08-02T00:42:01Z The surface wave environment in the GATE B/C scale is described from wave measurements made from buoys and aircraft during Phase III (September 1974). Particular emphasis is given to the wave measurements made from the pitch-roll buoy deployed in the B-scale array from the ship Gilliss and a similar buoy deployed in the C-scale array from Quadra. Reduction of the pitch-roll buoy measurements provided estimates of the one-dimensional wave spectrum as well as of the mean direction and spread of wave energy as a function of frequency. The data clearly revealed the importance of external forcing on the wave climate in GATE. Most of the wave energy present in the GATE areas was found to be swell imported from the trade wind circulations of both hemispheres and from an intense extratropical cyclone which crossed the North Atlantic at high latitudes early in Phase III. Locally generated waves were clearly evident in the wave spectra, but their energy level way have been modulated significantly by the low-frequency swell. The GATE wave data set can provide a powerful test of contemporary numerical wave-prediction models. The present study defines the, attributes which are required of such models for meaningful application to the GATE needs. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Max Planck Society: MPG.PuRe The Gate ENVELOPE(-124.937,-124.937,61.417,61.417) |
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The surface wave environment in the GATE B/C scale is described from wave measurements made from buoys and aircraft during Phase III (September 1974). Particular emphasis is given to the wave measurements made from the pitch-roll buoy deployed in the B-scale array from the ship Gilliss and a similar buoy deployed in the C-scale array from Quadra. Reduction of the pitch-roll buoy measurements provided estimates of the one-dimensional wave spectrum as well as of the mean direction and spread of wave energy as a function of frequency. The data clearly revealed the importance of external forcing on the wave climate in GATE. Most of the wave energy present in the GATE areas was found to be swell imported from the trade wind circulations of both hemispheres and from an intense extratropical cyclone which crossed the North Atlantic at high latitudes early in Phase III. Locally generated waves were clearly evident in the wave spectra, but their energy level way have been modulated significantly by the low-frequency swell. The GATE wave data set can provide a powerful test of contemporary numerical wave-prediction models. The present study defines the, attributes which are required of such models for meaningful application to the GATE needs. |
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Cardone, V. Carlson, H. Ewing, J. Hasselmann, K. Lazanoff, S. McLeish, W. Ross, D. The surface wave environment in the GATE B/C Scale - Phase III |
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Cardone, V. Carlson, H. Ewing, J. Hasselmann, K. Lazanoff, S. McLeish, W. Ross, D. |
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Cardone, V. |
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The surface wave environment in the GATE B/C Scale - Phase III |
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The surface wave environment in the GATE B/C Scale - Phase III |
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The surface wave environment in the GATE B/C Scale - Phase III |
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The surface wave environment in the GATE B/C Scale - Phase III |
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The surface wave environment in the GATE B/C Scale - Phase III |
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surface wave environment in the gate b/c scale - phase iii |
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1981 |
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North Atlantic |
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