Evaluating a wave reanalysis node by a buoy in intermedials water

Abstract

The wave reanalysis is a important information source to develop research projects related to wave climate and coastal engineering applications. This information source is more relevant in places where it lacks historical registers coming from instrumental measurements as well as happens in Costa Rica. However, as the wave reanalysis is generated from a numerical model, it has been shown that it needs to be calibrated and validated with instrumental measurement. This work has used the wave reanalysis's node coming from NOAA in front of Cariben's Costa Rica coast, This information has been calibrated and validated with a buoy information. The product is a wave data base calibrated from 2005 onwards, which it is monthly updated; this information could be used in many coastal engineering applications and in wave climate variability analysis approximations.