Metodologías de calibración de bases de datos de reanálisis de clima marítimo

Abstract

This thesis proposes and develops a complete calibration methodology of wave hindcast databases, in which it is defined how to right process the available data for the information that it is necessary to characterize, as a function of the individual case of coastal structure design. In a first general classification, the methodology is composed by point-to-point and spatial calibration. The point-to-point calibration methodologies are used when there is instrumental data to calibrate hindcast data in a position where the wave climate is similar to the study location. Instead, we have defined a spatial calibration to calibrate the hincast data in an area, with instrumental data from other position that have different wave climate to the location under study. All calibration methodologies have been applied to the Spanish coastal area, it is calibrated the SIMAR-44 hindcast database (Spanish National Ports and Harbours Authority, OPPE) with instrumental data (buoys and satellites)