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The
EnviWave project will aim towards improving national coastal and
offshore forecasting in at least 3 European countries and one country in
Asia. However, the potential for improved commercial forecasting
services is a global one. Algorithms and assimilation techniques will be
made available improving the benefit of using EO products in numerical
atmospheric and wave models (HIRLAM-WAM, SKIRON-WAM systems). Pilot
studies will be conducted demonstrating data assimilation and
operational use to a variety of ocean and coastal locations (Northern
Europe, Iberian Atlantic, Indian
Sea,
Mediterranean).
Improved short and long-term specification of wave conditions in both
offshore and coastal waters is expected through the development and
improvement of existing global and regional ocean wave climate products
and services.
Figure 1: OCEANOR’s EuroWaves and WorldWaves products integrate satellite and numerical wave model data offshore with shallow water wave models, bathymetry and coastline data and an advanced wave statistics module to enable the user to calculate coastal offshore wave conditions worldwide. |
Figure 2: Ente Publico Puertos del Estado operational ocean wave model products showing the swell arriving at the Iberian Atlantic coast.
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