And more precisely with Mediterranean buoys 61001 (Nice) and 61002 (Lion). I have some buoy data containing the wave period, however I am not sure what kind of period. Comparing the periods with SWAN simulation for Tm01, Tm02, Tm10 and Tp for a long enough hindcast it seems that the period available from these buoys available also at NOAA NDBC is not Tm01 and Tm02 and also way to smaller than the simulated by SWAN Tp no matter which physics option is used (the bias of Hs is very low and so is the scatter index, therefore the hindcast seems reliable enough).
The result is actualy close to the energy period Tm-1,0 (also with Wavewatch III) however I am a bit confused about that- is there something specific for these UKMO MB buoys??? I am obviously missing something about the measurements of Tp and about Tm-1,0 ???
These buoys record Dominant wave period (DPD) which is the period with the maximum wave energy. If there was a 'classic' unidirectional spectrum then this would be equivalent to spectral peak period. It is linked to MWD which is the direction that the waves with the dominant period are coming from. If you go here http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ and find your buoy(s) you can check the output descriptions
Thank You very much!!! So then if for my model setup the period Tm-1,0 (the energy period that is used for wave energy estimations) is in a good agreement (very good agreement when using the WAM cycle III physics+ the so called Roger's trick) with the buoy measurement do You think that this is OK???
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