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Publications
Silva, D., Bento, A.R., Martinho, P. and Guedes Soares, C. (2012), “Modelling wave energy for the portuguese nearshore”, Maritime Engineering and Technology, C. Guedes Soares, Y. Garbatov, S. Sutulo, T.A. Santos, (Eds.), Taylor and Francis Group, pp. 647-653
The work that will be presented here have the aim to evaluate the wave conditions for Portugal’s continental nearshore and study its potential wave energy. The system implemented for this effect was based in SWAN (Simulating WAves Nearshore), a coastal prediction model, using as input wind fields from the atmospheric model MM5 (Mesoscale Meteorological Model) and wave information from WAVEWATCH III model, which was forced by re-analysis data of NCEP/NCAR.
SWAN’s simulations were validated with data from two buoys, Sines and Leixões, which belong to the Portuguese Hydrographic Institute. A statistical analysis of significant wave height and mean wave period was carried out and their time evolution is presented. Since previous studies had already been carried out for this area, using the WAM model for wave generation and SWAN for wave transformation, a comparison between those results and the ones obtained in this study was made to evaluate their performance.
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