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Evaluation of a high-resolution wave hindcast model SWAN for the West Mediterranean basin

dc.contributor.authorAmarouche, Khalid
dc.contributor.authorBachari, Nour El Islam
dc.contributor.authorHouma, Fouzia
dc.contributor.buuauthorAkpınar, Adem
dc.contributor.buuauthorÇakmak, Recep Emre
dc.contributor.departmentMühendislik Fakültesi
dc.contributor.departmentİnşaat Mühendisliği Bölümü
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-9042-6851
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0003-0700-8622
dc.contributor.researcheridAAC-6763-2019
dc.contributor.researcheridAAG-8624-2021
dc.contributor.scopusid23026855400
dc.contributor.scopusid57675048100
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-13T15:15:37Z
dc.date.available2022-12-13T15:15:37Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-18
dc.description.abstractThis study aims to present an evaluation and implementation of a high-resolution SWAN wind wave hindcast model forced by the CFSR wind fields in the west Mediterranean basin, taking into account the recent developments in wave modelling as the new source terms package ST6. For this purpose, the SWAN model was calibrated based on one-year wave observations of Azeffoune buoy (Algerian coast) and validated against eleven wave buoys measurements through the West Mediterranean basin. For the calibration process, we focused on the whitecapping dissipation coefficient C-ds and on the exponential wind wave growth and whitecapping dissipation source terms. The statistical error analysis of the calibration results led to conclude that the SWAN model calibration corrected the underestimation of the significant wave height hindcasts in the default mode and improved its accuracy in the West Mediterranean basin. The exponential wind wave growth of Komen et al (1984) and the whitecapping dissipation source terms of Janssen (1991) with C-ds = 1.0 have been thus recommended for the western Mediterranean basin. The comparison of the simulation results obtained using this calibrated parameters against eleven measurement buoys showed a high performance of the calibrated SWAN model with an average scatter index of 30% for the significant wave heights and 19% for the mean wave period. This calibrated SWAN model will constitute a practical wave hindcast model with high spatial resolution ((similar to)3 km) and high accuracy in the Algerian basin, which will allow us to proceed to a finer mesh size using the SWAN nested grid system in this area.
dc.identifier.citationAmarouche, K. vd. (2019). ''Evaluation of a high-resolution wave hindcast model SWAN for the West Mediterranean basin''. Applied Ocean Research, 84, 225-241.
dc.identifier.endpage241
dc.identifier.issn0141-1187
dc.identifier.issn1879-1549
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85060078840
dc.identifier.startpage225
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2019.01.014
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141118718308344
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11452/29864
dc.identifier.volume84
dc.identifier.wos000459363300018
dc.indexed.wosSCIE
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier Science
dc.relation.collaborationYurt dışı
dc.relation.collaborationSanayi
dc.relation.journalApplied Ocean Research
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectSwan
dc.subjectWhitecapping
dc.subjectWave growth
dc.subjectSt6
dc.subjectMediterranean sea
dc.subjectAlgerian basin
dc.subjectExtreme sea-state
dc.subjectCoastal regions
dc.subjectWind reanalyses
dc.subjectSurface-waves
dc.subjectSource terms
dc.subjectPart II
dc.subjectDissipation
dc.subjectEnergy
dc.subjectPerformance
dc.subjectClimate
dc.subjectEngineering
dc.subjectOceanography
dc.subjectWater waves
dc.subjectAlgerian Basin
dc.subjectHigh spatial resolution
dc.subjectMediterranean sea
dc.subjectStatistical error analysis
dc.subjectWestern Mediterranean basin
dc.subjectWhite-capping dissipation
dc.subjectWhitecapping
dc.subjectBuoys
dc.subject.scopusWater Waves; Wind Stress; Oceans And Seas
dc.subject.wosEngineering, ocean
dc.subject.wosOceanography
dc.titleEvaluation of a high-resolution wave hindcast model SWAN for the West Mediterranean basin
dc.typeArticle
dc.wos.quartileQ2
dspace.entity.typePublication
local.contributor.departmentMühendislik Fakültesi/İnşaat Mühendisliği Bölümü
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