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Langodan, Sabique
Cavaleri, Luigi
Pomaro, Angela

Vishwanadhapalli, Yesubabu
Bertotti, Luciana
Hoteit, Ibrahim

KAUST Department
Earth Fluid Modeling and Prediction GroupEarth Science and Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)
Date
2017-05-09Online Publication Date
2017-05-09Print Publication Date
2017-11Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/623671
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The wave climatology of the Red Sea is described based on a 30-year hindcast generated using WAVEWATCH III configured on a 5-km resolution grid and forced by Red Sea reanalysis surface winds from the advanced Weather Research and Forecasting model. The wave simulations have been validated using buoy and altimeter data. The four main wind systems in the Red Sea characterize the corresponding wave climatology. The dominant ones are the two opposite wave systems with different genesis, propagating along the axis of the basin. The highest waves are generated at the centre of the Red Sea as a consequence of the strong seasonal winds blowing from the Tokar Gap on the African side. There is a general long-term trend toward lowering the values of the significant wave height over the whole basin, with a decreasing rate depending on the genesis of the individual systems.Citation
Langodan S, Cavaleri L, Pomaro A, Vishwanadhapalli Y, Bertotti L, et al. (2017) The climatology of the Red Sea - part 2: the waves. International Journal of Climatology. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.5101.Sponsors
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) funded this research. This research made use of the resources of the Supercomputing Laboratory and/or computer clusters at KAUST. Luigi Cavaleri has been partly supported by KAUST during his visits for research collaborations. We express our appreciation for the extensive review of Robert Jensen and of another anonymous reviewer.Publisher
WileyDOI
10.1002/joc.5101Additional Links
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.5101/abstractae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1002/joc.5101