Numerical study of the marine breeze around Mallorca Island |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, University of Florence, Italy;2. Departamento de Ciencias de la Terra, Universidad de Càdiz, Spain;3. Grupo de Investigaciòn en Sistemas Costeros, Playascol Corporation, and Grupo GEESA, Universidad de la Costa Colombia, Colombia;4. Centro de Estudios de Medio ambiente y Energia, Universidad de Matanzas, Cuba;5. Centro de Estudios Multidisciplinarios de Zonas Costeras, Universidad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba;6. Centro de Estudios y Servicios Ambientales, Villa Clara, Cuba;7. Univ. Wales, Trinity St David, Swansea, Wales, UK;8. CICS.NOVA FCSH.UNL, Portugal;1. Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA;2. Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA;3. Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University, Israel;4. I-Core Research Center for Mass Trauma, Israel;1. Department of Sociology, University of California, 3151 Social Science Plaza A, Irvine, CA 92697, USA;2. Information School, Mary Gates Hall, 370, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA;3. Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences, Department of Statistics, Bren Hall 2019, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA;4. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, 2200 Engineering Hall, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA;1. Departamento de Ecología e Hidrología, Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain;2. UBICA s.r.l., Via S. Siro 6/1, I-16124 Genova, Italy;3. Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales, Puerto Rico;4. European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Via E. Fermi 2749, I-21027 Ispra, Italy;5. Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche ed Ambientali (BiGeA), Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca per le Scienze Ambientali (CIRSA), University of Bologna, UO CoNISMa, Via S. Alberto 163, I-48123 Ravenna, Italy |
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| Abstract: | A study of marine breezes and their impact on the wave field around Mallorca Island was carried out by numerical simulations with the spectral wave model SWAN and three different wind fields: WRF – Weather Research and Forecasting model, HIRLAM – High Resolution Limited Area model and ECMWF – European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasts. The main characteristics of the modelled breeze circulation and its effects on the wave field are analyzed. The modified wave field under breeze conditions and the correlations with their variability and daily short life time period are studied and discussed by analyzing the spectral balance. The results show that the accuracy of a wave forecast will depend on the quality of the wind field and its ability to simulate the sea breeze induced waves. The study period covers the summers of 2009 and 2010. In addition, to assess the performance of SWAN forced with two different winds the numerically obtained significant wave heights (Hs) are collocated against the ENVISAT-ESA's Environmental Satellite measurements (GLOBWAVE data) of Hs around the Mallorca Island. |
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