GUIDE WAVE ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING - WMO
GUIDE WAVE ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING - WMO
GUIDE WAVE ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING - WMO
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TABLE 6.1<br />
Performance of operational wave models (the statistics quoted in the last columns are defined in the text)<br />
Model Organization Location of Verifying data and verification period Wind/wave parameter Verification statistics — analysis<br />
buoys (0-hour forecast unless otherwise indicated)<br />
ME RMSE SI r N*<br />
CSOWM Environment Canada NW Atlantic 10 buoys on US/Canadian east coast Wind speed (m/s) 1.7 3.2 59 0.68 871<br />
(May–July 1990) Wave height (m) 0.19 0.56 42 0.80 974<br />
Peak period (s) –1.0 2.4 32 0.30 918<br />
NE Pacific 12 buoys on US/Canadian west coast Wind speed 0.0 2.4 41 0.67 575<br />
(May–July 1990) Wave height –0.18 0.55 31 0.81 629<br />
Peak period –1.4 3.8 42 0.12 630<br />
<strong>GUIDE</strong> TO <strong>WAVE</strong> <strong>ANALYSIS</strong> <strong>AND</strong> <strong>FORECASTING</strong><br />
GSOWM US Navy US east coast US/Canada east coast buoys Wind speed –0.1 3.0 37 0.72 967<br />
(20 February–20 March 1992) Wave height 0.31 0.86 41 0.83 1016<br />
US west coast US/Canada west coast buoys Wind speed –1.2 3.1 55 0.54 644<br />
(20 February–20 March 1992) Wave height 0.95 1.16 56 0.58 710<br />
Hawaii Buoys around Hawaiian Islands Wind speed –1.3 1.7 23 0.92 203<br />
(20 February–20 March 1992) Wave height 0.09 0.63 23 0.59 209<br />
NW Pacific Buoys around Japan Wind speed –0.4 2.6 37 0.76 158<br />
(20 February–20 March 1992) Wave height 0.25 0.67 39 0.77 160<br />
MRI-II Japan Meteorological NW Pacific Buoys around Japan Wave height 0.05 0.58 34 0.83 –<br />
Agency (entire year 1991) (24-hour forecast)<br />
Coastal wave Coastal Japan 11 buoys off the coast of Japan Wave height –0.06 0.46 39 0.82 –<br />
model (hybrid) (entire year 1991) (24-hour forecast)<br />
WAM European Centre for NW Atlantic US/Canada east coast buoys Wind speed 0.06 2.0 42 0.64 434<br />
Medium-Range Weather (August 1992) Wave height –0.06 0.36 34 0.73 549<br />
Forecasts (ECMWF)<br />
NE Pacific US/Canada west coast buoys Wind speed –0.01 1.5 23 0.89 369<br />
(August 1992) Wave height 0.16 0.40 20 0.88 371<br />
Hawaii Buoys around Hawaiian Islands Wind speed –0.42 1.5 20 0.46 351<br />
(August 1992) Wave height 0.0 0.35 17 0.50 352<br />
NW Pacific Buoys around Japan Wind speed –0.78 2.6 34 0.86 204<br />
(August 1992) Wave height –0.08 0.68 31 0.88 194<br />
* Number of data points
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