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Rusu, L., Pilar, P. and Guedes Soares, C. (2012), “Modelling the Wave Conditions in the Archipelago of Azores”, Maritime Engineering and Technology, Guedes Soares et al. (Eds),Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 533-538
The objective of the present work is to evaluate the wave conditions in the Azores Archipelago using numerical models. Taking into account the geographical position of the nine islands that form the Archipelago of Azores, the wave conditions are usually affected by various wave systems propagating across the North Atlantic Ocean. As a general feature, the archipelago is subjected to both the direct approach of the swell coming from distant storms as well as sea waves generated by local winds that create a local wave system and modify the incoming swell fields.A wave prediction system based on the two state of-the-art spectral phase averaging wave models,WAM applied at ocean scale and SWAN applied at regional and local scales was implemented in the Archipelago of Azores. Hindcast simulations were carried out for high energetic situations in the North Atlantic Ocean. The validation of the results was made with altimeter data that provide good coverage for the wave conditions.
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