An operational forecasting system for the meteorological and marine conditions in Mediterranean regional and coastal areas
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Title (Dublin Core)
An operational forecasting system for the meteorological and marine conditions in Mediterranean regional and coastal areas
Description (Dublin Core)
The coupling of a suite of meteorological limited area models with
a wave prediction system based on the nesting of different wave models
provides for medium-range sea state forecasts at the Mediterranean, regional
and coastal scale. The new system has been operational at ISPRA since
September 2012, after the upgrade of both the meteorological BOLAM model and
large-scale marine components of the original SIMM forecasting system and the
implementation of the new regional and coastal (WAM-SWAN coupling) chain of
models. The coastal system is composed of nine regional-scale high-resolution
grids, covering all Italian seas and six coastal grids at very high
resolution, capable of accounting for the effects of the interaction between
the incoming waves and the bathymetry. A preliminary analysis of the
performance of the system is discussed here focusing on the ability of the
system to simulate the mean features of the wave climate at the regional and
sub-regional scale. The results refer to two different verification studies.
The first is the comparison of the directional distribution of almost one
year of wave forecasts against the known wave climate in northwestern
Sardinia and central Adriatic Sea. The second is a sensitivity test on the
effect on wave forecasts of the spatial resolution of the wind forcing, being
the comparison between wave forecast and buoy data at two locations in the
northern Adriatic and Ligurian Sea during several storm episodes in the
period autumn 2012–winter 2013.
a wave prediction system based on the nesting of different wave models
provides for medium-range sea state forecasts at the Mediterranean, regional
and coastal scale. The new system has been operational at ISPRA since
September 2012, after the upgrade of both the meteorological BOLAM model and
large-scale marine components of the original SIMM forecasting system and the
implementation of the new regional and coastal (WAM-SWAN coupling) chain of
models. The coastal system is composed of nine regional-scale high-resolution
grids, covering all Italian seas and six coastal grids at very high
resolution, capable of accounting for the effects of the interaction between
the incoming waves and the bathymetry. A preliminary analysis of the
performance of the system is discussed here focusing on the ability of the
system to simulate the mean features of the wave climate at the regional and
sub-regional scale. The results refer to two different verification studies.
The first is the comparison of the directional distribution of almost one
year of wave forecasts against the known wave climate in northwestern
Sardinia and central Adriatic Sea. The second is a sensitivity test on the
effect on wave forecasts of the spatial resolution of the wind forcing, being
the comparison between wave forecast and buoy data at two locations in the
northern Adriatic and Ligurian Sea during several storm episodes in the
period autumn 2012–winter 2013.
Creator (Dublin Core)
M. Casaioli
F. Catini
R. Inghilesi
P. Lanucara
P. Malguzzi
S. Mariani
A. Orasi
Subject (Dublin Core)
Science
Q
Physics
QC1-999
Meteorology. Climatology
QC851-999
Publisher (Dublin Core)
Copernicus Publications
Date (Dublin Core)
2014-05-01T00:00:00Z
Type (Dublin Core)
article
Identifier (Dublin Core)
1992-0628
1992-0636
10.5194/asr-11-11-2014
https://doaj.org/article/b1f09cf350f14e04af351ed17b7ef5b1
Source (Dublin Core)
Advances in Science and Research, Vol 11, Pp 11-23 (2014)
Language (Dublin Core)
EN
Relation (Dublin Core)
http://www.adv-sci-res.net/11/11/2014/asr-11-11-2014.pdf
https://doaj.org/toc/1992-0628
https://doaj.org/toc/1992-0636
Provenance (Dublin Core)
Journal Licence: CC BY