Coupling numerical models for wave propagation in the MOIA Package
2009; Coastal Education and Research Foundation; Volume: 56; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1551-5036
AutoresJoão Alfredo Santos, L.M.S. Guilherme, C. J. E. M. Fortes, L. Pinheiro, Ana Clara Corrêa Duarte Simões,
Tópico(s)Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
Resumo^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^ ^^^^ i Santos, J. A., Guilherme, L., Fortes, C. J., Pinheiro, L. and Simoes, A., 2009. Coupling numerical models for wave propagation in the MOIA package. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 56 (Proceedings of the 10th International Coastal Symposium), 544 548. Lisbon, Portugal, ISSN 0749-0258. Sea wave action is a key factor for several aspects of port activities. Numerical models for wave forecasting at a regional level can produce quite accurate estimates of the sea state characteristics offshore a given port. There is a research project going on, code-named MOIA, that aims at developing an integrated tool to support the management of port activities by taking into account the effects of waves on some of those activities. To characterize sea waves inside a given port use is made of a set of coupled models that propagate the values that were measured or predicted off the port. The starting point is a tool developed at LNEC, SOPRO, which incorporates several of such numerical models. The paper describes the progress done so far in the coupling of the several numerical models that enable the propagation of the sea-state characteristics forecast off the Praia da Vitoria port (Terceira, Azores) up to the port terminals. ADITIONAL INDEX WORDS: Wave regime, wave propagation, numerical models, Praia da Vitoria
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