@inproceedings{2eeca4c35aad49eb8f091f1c27a21fff,
title = "A Nearshore wave atlas along the coasts of France based on the numerical modeling of wave climate over 25 years",
abstract = "A first version of a numerical wave data-base along the French Atlantic coasts, the English Channel and the North Sea has been built by hindcasting sca-statc conditions over a period of 25 years (1979-2003) with the TOMAWAC wave model. Two sources of wind-data have been considered and two nested grids have been used, in order to reach a resolution of about 3 km along the coasts. The results of the various runs are analysed and discussed, by comparing models' results with buoy data over a period of 2 years (1999 and 2000). From the first version of the data-base statistical analyses are performed in order to build synthetic charts showing average values of the wave climate, as well as wave heights which are exceeded 10 \% or 1 \% of time. Finally a preliminary estimation of extreme wave heights is tentatively obtained for the coarser model.",
author = "Michel Benoit and Florence Lafon",
year = "2005",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1142/9789812701916-0057",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference",
publisher = "American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)",
pages = "714--726",
editor = "Smith, \{Jane McKee\} and Smith, \{Jane McKee\}",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Coastal Engineering 2004, ICCE 2004",
note = "29th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 2004 ; Conference date: 19-09-2004 Through 24-09-2004",
}
