An extended verification technique for solving problems of numerical modeling of wind waves amg

Based on different modifications of the source function in the WAM(C4) wind-wave model, a large series of verification calculations aimed at increasing the quality of the numerical model (with respect to the parameters of accuracy and performance) is performed. We propose a methodology allowing us to solve the following fundamental and practical problems of numerical modeling: (1) determining the minimum interval of verification of numerical wind-wave models, (2) finding a criterion for choosing the best model out of all models subjected to verification, and (3) formulating the accuracy requirement for specifying the input field necessary for the given accuracy of wind-wave field calculations. Particularly, we have found that (a) the minimum term of verification calculations for numerical wind-wave models is three months; (b) according to our criterion, the proposed modification of the WAM model impartially is “essentially preferable” to the original model; and (c) the relative errors (yielded by the proposed version of the WAM model) in the calculated wave heights ρH _s and average periods ρT _m for different levels of the relative error of the input wind-wave field ρW make it possible to solve the third problem mentioned above.

V. G. Polnikov An extended verification technique for solving problems of numerical modeling of wind waves Volume 46, pages 511–523, (2010)