Assessment of wave energy in the Canary Islands

• Main Authors: Gonçalves, Marta, Martinho, Paulo, Guedes Soares, C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148114001608

A numerical study of the wave energy distribution around Canary Islands is presented. For this study the WAVEWATCH III model is used to generate waves for the entire North Atlantic basin and the SWAN model is used to determine the transformation of the waves in the Canary Islands. Wave energy resource; Numerical model; Wave transformation; Canary Islands; WW3; SWAN;