MEASUREMENTS FOR WAVE AND CURRENT MODELLING REGARDING OFFSHORE-WIND FARMS

摘要

Increasing activity and vessel traffic for operation and maintenance of offshore windfarms has generated considerable interest in quantifying wave climates. Winds generate ocean waves, at the same time airflow is modified by the loss of energy and momentum to the waves. Momentum the atmosphere loses to the ocean depends on the state of waves. Although the sea surface has a chaotic character, it can conveniently be described by the wave spectrum. The measurement of waves, has been one difficult problem in observing the wave climate offshore. A crucial element in the development of any numerical model is its validation.