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Byron Bay 1.66 1.50 2.59 3.93 7.64 Byron Bay 62 6.0 73.1 33.2
Coffs Harbour 1.58 1.43 2.44 3.85 7.37 Coffs Harbour 72 12.4 84.7 33.6
Crowdy Head 1.61 1.46 2.48 3.94 7.35 Crowdy Head 79 10.3 85.6 24.3
Sydney 1.63 1.46 2.55 4.19 8.43 Sydney 92 9.5 84.5 22.5
Port Kembla 1.58 1.43 2.47 3.94 8.43 Port Kembla 80 10.4 85.1 35.9
Batemans Bay 1.43 1.30 2.22 3.57 7.19 Batemans Bay 73 5.0 89.7 23.6
Eden 1.64 1.52 2.43 3.93 7.14 Eden 100 12.8 83.5 31.9
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http://swanmodel.sourceforge.net/
Swan Bathymetry: 2 domains
SWAN Model Parameters
Bathymetry: MARVL .vs. OEH
Swan : Time series: Marvl & OEH
Sydney Buoy: Swan: MARVL- NCEP winds
Significant Wave Height Time Series
Sydney Buoy: Swan OEH
Significant Wave Height Time Series
Sydney Buoy: SWAN-MARVL-ACCESS
Modelled .vs. Observed Wave Height
Sydney Buoy: SWAN-MARVL-NCEP
Modelled .vs. Observed Wave Height
Sydney Buoy: SWAN-OEH
Modelled .vs. Observed Wave Height
Coffs Harbour buoy: SWAN-MARVL-ACCESS
Significant Wave Height Time Series
Coffs Harbour buoy: SWAN-MARVL-NCEP
Significant Wave Height Time Series
Coffs Harbour buoy: SWAN-OEH
Significant Wave Height Time Series
Coffs Harbour buoy: HF-RADAR
Significant Wave Height Time Series
Coffs SWAN MARVL (ACCESS / NCEP)
Observed .vs. Modelled Wave Height
Coffs SWAN-OEH / HF-RADAR
Observed .vs. Modelled Wave Height
Coffs Harbour BIAS / RMSE .vs. Height
Conclusions.
Not Enough Wave Data collected in Australian waters.
No national buoy storage facility: (IMOS ?)
Web_Marvl : great new way of helping researchers
get the data to run models. Still need to know what
you are doing.
SWAN & WWIII available in Web Marvl.
SWAN & WWIII source codes freely available.
Both do well forecasting waves, and work best
combined when looking in shallow coastal zones.