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Ocean wave modes in the South Atlantic by a short-scale simulation Cover

Ocean wave modes in the South Atlantic by a short-scale simulation

Tellus
Volume 64 (2012): Issue 1
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|Dec 2012
Figures & tables

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1. 

Time averages of U 10, given in m/s, H s and , in meters and T p , given in seconds, from June 2006 to July 2007.

Table 1. Fraction explained by the four EOFs for the four fields (in %)

H s U10T p EOF1 38.2 11.8 39.6 28.6 EOF2 9.3 7.0 8.8 10.1 EOF3 7.1 5.4 6.9 7.8 EOF4 5.1 5.2 5.0 3.6 Total 59.7 29.4 60.3 50.1
Fig. 2. 

Leading modes of variability of H s .

Fig. 3. 

Leading modes of variability of U 10.

Fig. 4. 

Leading modes of variability of .

Fig. 5. 

Leading modes of variability of T p .

Fig. 6. 

Time series of H s . The horizontal axis represent the days in the time period from June 1996 to July 1997.

Fig. 7. 

Time series of U 10. The horizontal axis represent the days in the time period from June 1996 to July 1997.

Fig. 8. 

Time series of . The horizontal axis represent the days in the time period from June 1996 to July 1997.

Fig. 9. 

Time series of T p . The horizontal axis represent the days in the time period from June 1996 to July 1997.

Table 2. Correlation coefficients of the principal components

H s U10 EOF 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 0.96 0.06 −0.09 0.02 2 −0.08 0.64−0.38−0.31 3 0.03 0.380.73 −0.17 4 −0.05 0.34 −0.06 0.53 U10 1 0.81 −0.26 0.04 −0.01 0.65 −0.21 −0.03 −0.21 2 0.01 0.380.320.40 −0.06 −0.15 0.25 0.24 3 0.17 0.48 0.08 0.14 0.19 0.00 0.20 0.16 4 0.04 0.23 −0.65 0.04 0.08 0.22 −0.15 0.21 T p 1 0.64 0.08 −0.15 0.10 0.78 0.00 −0.13 0.18 0.19 −0.15 0.26 0.04 2 0.39 0.19 0.06 −0.330.380.360.39−0.410.33 −0.08 −0.02 0.09 3 0.17 −0.21 0.33 0.22 0.13 −0.67 0.26 −0.07 0.15 0.40 0.08 0.07 4 −0.07 0.39 0.17 0.13 −0.04 0.17 0.370.51 −0.27 −0.27 −0.02 0.05
Fig. 10. 

SVD modes of associated to variations of T p .

Fig. 11. 

SVD modes of T p associated to variations of .

Fig. 12. 

SVD modes of U 10 associated to variations of H s .

Fig. 13. 

SVD modes of H s associated to variations of U 10.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v64i0.17362 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 17362 - 17362
Submitted on: Feb 10, 2012
Published on: Dec 1, 2012
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
ocean waves modelling,
empirical orthogonal functions,
singular value decomposition,
South Atlantic,
ocean wave climate

© 2012 Cláudia K. Parise, Leandro Farina, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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