A Comparative Analysis of the Wind and Wave Climate in the Black Sea Along the Shipping Routes
The aim of the present work is to assess the wind and wave climate in the Black Sea while considering various data sources. A special attention is given to the areas with higher navigation traffic. Thus, the results are analyzed for the sites located close to the main harbors and also along the majo...
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doaj-f3475850003d4ee390d205441a4278622020-11-24T23:17:50ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412018-07-0110792410.3390/w10070924w10070924A Comparative Analysis of the Wind and Wave Climate in the Black Sea Along the Shipping RoutesLiliana Rusu0Alina Beatrice Raileanu1Florin Onea2Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Dunărea de Jos University of Galati, 47 Domneasca Street, 800008a Galati, RomaniaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Dunărea de Jos University of Galati, 47 Domneasca Street, 800008a Galati, RomaniaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Dunărea de Jos University of Galati, 47 Domneasca Street, 800008a Galati, RomaniaThe aim of the present work is to assess the wind and wave climate in the Black Sea while considering various data sources. A special attention is given to the areas with higher navigation traffic. Thus, the results are analyzed for the sites located close to the main harbors and also along the major trading routes. The wind conditions were evaluated considering two different data sets, the reanalysis data provided by NCEP-CFSR (U.S. National Centers for Environmental Prediction-Climate Forecast System Reanalysis) and the hindcast results given by a Regional Climate Model (RCM) that were retrieved from EURO-CORDEX (European Domain-Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment). For the waves, there were considered the results coming from simulations with the SWAN (Simulating Wave Nearshore) model, forced with the above-mentioned two different wind fields. Based on these results, it can be mentioned that the offshore sites seem to show the best correlation between the two datasets for both wind and waves. As regards the nearshore sites, there is a good agreement between the average values of the wind data that are provided by the different datasets, except for the points located in the southern part of the Black Sea. The same trends noticed for the average values remain also valid for the extreme values. Finally, it can be concluded that the results obtained in this study are useful for the evaluation of the wind and wave climate in the Black Sea. Also, they give a more comprehensive picture on how well the wind field provided by the Regional Climate Model, and the wave model forced with this wind, can represent the features of a complex marine environment as the Black Sea is.http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/10/7/924Black Seashipping routeswind and wavesreanalysis dataregional climate models |
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Liliana Rusu Alina Beatrice Raileanu Florin Onea |
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Liliana Rusu Alina Beatrice Raileanu Florin Onea A Comparative Analysis of the Wind and Wave Climate in the Black Sea Along the Shipping Routes Water Black Sea shipping routes wind and waves reanalysis data regional climate models |
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Liliana Rusu Alina Beatrice Raileanu Florin Onea |
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A Comparative Analysis of the Wind and Wave Climate in the Black Sea Along the Shipping Routes |
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A Comparative Analysis of the Wind and Wave Climate in the Black Sea Along the Shipping Routes |
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A Comparative Analysis of the Wind and Wave Climate in the Black Sea Along the Shipping Routes |
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A Comparative Analysis of the Wind and Wave Climate in the Black Sea Along the Shipping Routes |
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A Comparative Analysis of the Wind and Wave Climate in the Black Sea Along the Shipping Routes |
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comparative analysis of the wind and wave climate in the black sea along the shipping routes |
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The aim of the present work is to assess the wind and wave climate in the Black Sea while considering various data sources. A special attention is given to the areas with higher navigation traffic. Thus, the results are analyzed for the sites located close to the main harbors and also along the major trading routes. The wind conditions were evaluated considering two different data sets, the reanalysis data provided by NCEP-CFSR (U.S. National Centers for Environmental Prediction-Climate Forecast System Reanalysis) and the hindcast results given by a Regional Climate Model (RCM) that were retrieved from EURO-CORDEX (European Domain-Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment). For the waves, there were considered the results coming from simulations with the SWAN (Simulating Wave Nearshore) model, forced with the above-mentioned two different wind fields. Based on these results, it can be mentioned that the offshore sites seem to show the best correlation between the two datasets for both wind and waves. As regards the nearshore sites, there is a good agreement between the average values of the wind data that are provided by the different datasets, except for the points located in the southern part of the Black Sea. The same trends noticed for the average values remain also valid for the extreme values. Finally, it can be concluded that the results obtained in this study are useful for the evaluation of the wind and wave climate in the Black Sea. Also, they give a more comprehensive picture on how well the wind field provided by the Regional Climate Model, and the wave model forced with this wind, can represent the features of a complex marine environment as the Black Sea is. |
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Black Sea shipping routes wind and waves reanalysis data regional climate models |
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