As we wrap up the field program for ROXSI 1, I wanted to revisit the nowcast model performance compared to one of the nearshore wave observations (Quick side note: instrument recovery was a spectacular effort from land and sea by everyone involved!). A reminder, the ROXSI nowcast takes bulk wave spectral characteristics from a real-time offshore NDBC buoy (40 km … Read More
ROXSI nowcast wave model
We are developing a suit of regional-to-local scale wave models for ROXSI using the COAWST modeling system. One such product is our nowcast wave model using a series of three nested SWAN grids with successively higher resolution. In its current incarnation, every 4 hours we initialize a model with the latest hourly bulk wave spectral characteristics in the region available … Read More