On the feasibility of the use of wind SAR to downscale waves on shallow  water

Gutiérrez, O. Q.; Filipponi, F.; Taramelli, A.; Valentini, E.; Camus, P.; Méndez, F. J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-39-2016

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15 Jan 2016

Research article |

| 15 Jan 2016

On the feasibility of the use of wind SAR to downscale waves on shallow water

O. Q. Gutiérrez, F. Filipponi, A. Taramelli, E. Valentini, P. Camus, and F. J. Méndez

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RC C716: 'Revision of paper os-2015-34', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Sep 2015
- AC C939: 'Author's reply to RC C716 Revision of paper os-2015-24', Federico Filipponi, 19 Oct 2015
RC C729: 'Interactive comment on “On the feasibility of the use of wind SAR to downscale waves on shallow water” by O. Q. Gutiérrez et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Sep 2015
- AC C941: 'Author's reply to RC C729 Interactive comment', Federico Filipponi, 19 Oct 2015
AC C936: 'Response to major comments interactive discussion', Federico Filipponi, 19 Oct 2015

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High-resolution wave hindcast has been performed for the N Adriatic Sea using a hybrid methodology, combining a regional wave hindcast database, wind reanalysis, satellite SAR wind fields and data mining techniques. Comparison with in situ instrumental data indicates the good quality of the downscaled waves; moreover, a good correlation was found on the downscaled waves forced with different wind fields. Results demonstrate how SAR wind fields can be successfully up-taken in wave downscaling.