COUPLED WAVE-OCEAN MODELLING SYSTEM IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

In the last years, a growing interest has been devoted to wind-wave-current model coupling since their interactions control the boundary fluxes, momentum and energy exchange between the atmosphere and the ocean and within the water column. Model coupling can be achieved at different levels of complexity. In this work we concentrate on wave modifications due to (i) surface current interaction and (ii) effective wind speed correction according to a stability parameter (Tolman, 2002), as well as on the oceanographic parameters changes occurring by (iii) considering a drag coefficient as obtained directly from a wave model.

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