FN Archimer Export Format
PT J
TI Assessment of wind-forcing impact on a global wind-wave model using the TOPEX altimeter
BT 
AF FENG, H
   VANDEMARK, D
   QUILFEN, Yves
   CHAPRON, Bertrand
   BECKLEY, B
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C1 Hampton Univ, Ctr Atmospher Sci, Hampton, VA 23668 USA.
   NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Wallops Isl, VA 23337 USA.
   IFREMER, Ctr Brest, Plouzane, France.
   Raytheon/ITSS, VA, USA
C2 UNIV HAMPTON, USA
   NASA, USA
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   RAYTHEON/ITSS, USA
SI BREST
SE PDG-DOP-DCB-OPS-LOS
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-int-hors-europe
IF 0.542
TC 38
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-1861.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Sea state bias;Wind forcing;Scatterometer;Altimeter;Wave modeling
AB The study presents assessment of an operational wave model (Wavewatch III), focusing upon the model sensitivity to wind-forcing products. Four wind fields are used to drive the model, including the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis and three other products that assimilate various satellite wind measurements having high spatial resolution, including the QuikSCAT scatterometer. Three wave field statistics: significant wave height, mean zero-crossing wave period, and mean square slope are compared with collocated TOPEX altimeter derivatives to gauge the relative skill of differing wind-forced model runs, as well as to demonstrate an extended use of the altimeter beyond simply supplying wave height for wave model validation and assimilation. Results suggest that model output is critically sensitive to choice of the wind field product. Higher spatial resolution in the wind fields does lead to improved agreement for the higher-order wave statistics. (C) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY 2006
PD AUG
SO Ocean Engineering
SN 0029-8018
PU Elsevier
VL 33
IS 11-12
UT 000239444600002
BP 1431
EP 1461
DI 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2005.10.015
ID 1861
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