Wave climate of the Hellenic Seas obtained from a wave hindcast for the period 1960–2001

作者: Anna Zacharioudaki , Gerasimos Korres , Leonidas Perivoliotis

DOI: 10.1007/S10236-015-0840-Z

关键词:

摘要: The wave climate of the Hellenic Seas and particularly extremes are investigated by means a 42-year (1960–2001) model hindcast. model, implemented over Mediterranean basin, is forced high-resolution winds generated upon downscaling ERA40 reanalysis. It shown that quality hindcast overall satisfactory; however, extreme heights in Aegean Sea consistently overestimated. Accordingly, corrections to original data applied. results show highest mean conditions located east west Crete Island where northerly air flow exits Sea. Extreme waves outside Sea, mainly southern Ionian south Crete. Nevertheless, high also develop around N-NE Cyclades islands. Despite milder due short fetch distances, height range very similar Moreover, summer, two seas exhibit with found Levantine basin. Storms longer duration observed analysis long-term trends shows as well average intensity events have decreased Seas. this decrease has not been monotonic. A turning point year 1981 mostly increasing before decreasing afterwards.

参考文章(28)
P.A.E.M. Janssen, Heinz Günther, Susanne Hasselmann, The WAM Model cycle 4 World Data Center for Climate (WDCC) at DKRZ. ,(2015) , 10.2312/WDCC/DKRZ_REPORT_NO04
S. Caires, A comparative simulation study of the annual maxima and the peaks-over-threshold methods Deltares report 1200264-002 for Rijkswaterstaat, Waterdienst. ,(2009)
G Korres, A Papadopoulos, P Katsafados, D Ballas, L Perivoliotis, K Nittis, None, A 2-year intercomparison of the WAM-Cycle4 and the WAVEWATCH-III wave models implemented within the Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Marine Science. ,vol. 12, pp. 129- 152 ,(2011) , 10.12681/MMS.57
Themis Chronis, V. Papadopoulos, E. I. Nikolopoulos, QuickSCAT observations of extreme wind events over the Mediterranean and Black Seas during 2000-2008 International Journal of Climatology. ,vol. 31, pp. 2068- 2077 ,(2011) , 10.1002/JOC.2213
Paolo M. Ruti, Salvatore Marullo, Fabrizio D'Ortenzio, Michel Tremant, Comparison of analyzed and measured wind speeds in the perspective of oceanic simulations over the Mediterranean basin: Analyses, QuikSCAT and buoy data Journal of Marine Systems. ,vol. 70, pp. 33- 48 ,(2008) , 10.1016/J.JMARSYS.2007.02.026
A.W. Ratsimandresy, M.G. Sotillo, J.C. Carretero Albiach, E. Álvarez Fanjul, H. Hajji, A 44-year high-resolution ocean and atmospheric hindcast for the Mediterranean Basin developed within the HIPOCAS Project Coastal Engineering. ,vol. 55, pp. 827- 842 ,(2008) , 10.1016/J.COASTALENG.2008.02.025
JENS BOLDINGH DEBERNARD, LARS PETTER RØED, Future wind, wave and storm surge climate in the Northern Seas: a revisit Tellus A. ,vol. 60, pp. 427- 438 ,(2008) , 10.1111/J.1600-0870.2008.00312.X
Marine J. Herrmann, Samuel Somot, Relevance of ERA40 dynamical downscaling for modeling deep convection in the Mediterranean Sea Geophysical Research Letters. ,vol. 35, ,(2008) , 10.1029/2007GL032442