Abstract

To estimate uncertainties in wave forecast and hindcasts, computations have been carried out for a location in the Mediterranean Sea using three different analyses of one historic wind field. These computations involve a systematic sensitivity analysis and estimated wind field errors. This technique enables a wave modeler to estimate such uncertainties in other forecasts and hindcasts if only one wind analysis is available.

Issue Section:
Research Papers
Topics:
Errors, Ocean waves, Wind, Computation, Uncertainty, Waves, Seas, Sensitivity analysis
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