Journal
SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 13, Issue 23, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su132313099
Keywords
Black Sea; wave modeling; wind wave forecast; significant wave height; WAVEWATCH III; SWAN; GFS; COSMO-RU07
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This paper presents results of wind wave forecasts for the Black Sea using three different models and satellite altimeter data. The models provide adequate forecast in terms of modern wave modeling, but no significant improvement in wave forecast quality was observed with high-resolution wind forecasts.
This paper presents the results of wind wave forecasts for the Black Sea. Three different versions utilized were utilized: the WAVEWATCH III model with GFS 0.25 forcing on a regular grid, the WAVEWATCH III model with COSMO-RU07 forcing on a regular grid, and the SWAN model with COSMO-RU07 forcing on an unstructured grid. AltiKa satellite altimeter data were used to assess the quality of wind and wave forecasts for the period from 1 April to 31 December 2017. Wave height and wind speed forecast data were obtained with a lead time of up to 72 h. The presented models provide an adequate forecast in terms of modern wave modeling (a correlation coefficient of 0.8-0.9 and an RMSE of 0.25-0.3 m) when all statistics were analyzed. A clear improvement in the wave forecast quality with the high-resolution wind forecast COSMO-RU07 was not registered. The bias error did not exceed 0.5 m in an SWH range from 0 to 3 m. However, the bias sharply increased to -2 or -3 m for an SWH range of 3-4 m. Wave forecast quality assessments were conducted for several storm cases.
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