Wave height characteristics in the Mediterranean Sea by means of numerical modeling, satellite data, statistical and geometrical techniques
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Authors
Galanis, George
Zodiati, George
Kuo, Yu-Heng
Kallos, George
Chu, Peter C.
Hayes, Dan
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Numerical wave modeling, Significant wave height, Satellite altimeter data, Information geometry
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2011
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2011
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In this paper the main wave height characteristics
in the Mediterranean Sea are studied from both
observational and numerical perspectives. The numerical
wave model WAM is employed on a high spatial resolution
mode and in two different versions, one of which incorporates
information for sea surface currents. Altimeter data
obtained from all available satellite missions over the area
are also utilized. The data sets are analyzed both by conventional
statistical measures as well as by advanced
techniques provided by a relatively new branch of mathematics,
information geometry, in the framework of which
the data under study and the distributions that they form are
treated as elements of non Euclidean spaces. In this
framework, novel ideas for the estimation of the deviations
between the observed and modeled values are proposed.
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Marine Geophysical Research, DOI 10.1007/s11001-011-9142-0
The article of record as published may be located at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11001-011-9142-0
The article of record as published may be located at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11001-011-9142-0
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Oceanography
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Galanis, G, D. Hayes, G. Zodiatis, P.C. Chu, Y-H Kuo, and G. Kallos, 2011: Wave height characteristics in the Mediterranean Sea by means of numerical modeling, satellite data, statistical and geometrical techniques. Marine Geophysical Research, DOI 10.1007/s11001-011-9142-0 (paper download).
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.