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VII Waves

Part VII: ECMWF Wave-model documentation

CHAPTER 4 An optimal interpolation scheme for assimilating altimeter data into the WAM model

Table of contents

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Wave height analysis

4.2.1 The analysed wave spectrum

4.2.2 Retrieval of a wind sea spectrum

4.2.3 Retrieval of a swell spectrum

4.2.4 The general case

4.3. Wave spectrum analysis

4.3.1. Assimilation of wave data

4.3.2. SAR data

4.3.3. SAR data assimilation