WW3-BRAMS MODEL COUPLING FOR OCEAN WAVES FORECASTING

Authors

  • Renata Sampaio da Rocha Ruiz Faculdade de Tecnologia de São José dos Campos
  • Rosio del Pilar Camayo Maita Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
  • Haroldo Fraga de Campos Velho Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
  • Saulo Freitas Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
  • Valdir Innocentini Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/2179460X20283

Keywords:

Wave model WaveWatch III. Atmospheric model BRAMS. GFS atmospheric model. Model coupling. Mesoscale simulation.

Abstract

A version of the coupled ocean waves WaveWatch III (WW3) model with mesoscale meteorological model BRAMS is presented. The WW3 is a model for waves forecasting. The BRAMS model is used for numerical weather prediction over South America, with horizontal resolution of 5 km. Both models are executed operationally by the CPTEC-INPE. The boundary conditions for the BRAMS model are provided by the global atmospheric circulation model of the CPTEC-INPE. The simulation with BRAMS for14/Oct/2014 generated a wind field with better agreement with the observations (satellite Metop-A, ASCAT sensor) to the coast of southeastern Brazil) than the field wind generated by the SFM model. The simulation with wind field generated by BRAMS produces higher waves than ones predicted with GFS wind field.

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Published

2016-07-20

How to Cite

Ruiz, R. S. da R., Maita, R. del P. C., Velho, H. F. de C., Freitas, S., & Innocentini, V. (2016). WW3-BRAMS MODEL COUPLING FOR OCEAN WAVES FORECASTING. Ciência E Natura, 38, 401–405. https://doi.org/10.5902/2179460X20283

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