[GRASS-user] wave energy model

[Salvatore Mellino]

Dear Hamish,

I'm not able to download any data from your links...I never worked with these kind of data before. 
Than I would to know where I can find a good bathymetry.

Thanks a lot,

Salvatore
Il giorno 30/giu/2011, alle ore 03.14, Hamish ha scritto:

> Salvatore wrote:
>> I want to know if exist any application in grass for
>> measure the wave energy for a given location. In particular
>> I'm working on the Campania Region (Italy).
> 
> Yes, I use GRASS with the SWAN wave model. (free/GPL, from Delft)
> http://www.swan.tudelft.nl/
> 
> search the mailing list archives for hints on that.
> 
> 
> you will need wind + offshore wave data for inputs, along with
> good bathymetry <100m and good topography to get the slope of the
> beaches right.
> 
> for boundary and climatological conditions, a global archive of
> global wind+wave model output from the US Navy:
> waves:  ftp://usgodae.org/pub/outgoing/fnmoc/models/ww3/
> winds:  ftp://usgodae.org/pub/outgoing/fnmoc/models/nogaps/
> files are in GRIB format. Grab the +0000 hr forecast (first on
> the list) in each date.
> 
> 
> for 1999-2009 QuikSCAT is a good source of satellite observed
> winds at 1/2 deg resolution.
> 
> 
> Hamish
>