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Wave Climate in the Caspian Sea Based on Wave Hindcast

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The results of wind wave hindcast for the Caspian Sea for the period of 1979–2017 are presented. The WAVEWATCHIII wave model and wind forcing from the NCEP/CFSR reanalysis are used. The modeling is performed on the unstructured grid with the spacing to 1 km in the coastal zone. Mean and extreme values of wave height, length, and period are provided. It is shown that the maximum height of waves of 3% probability of exceedance is 11.7 m. The interannual variability of wave parameters is analyzed. No unambiguous trend towards increase or decrease in the storm activity was revealed over the hindcasting period.

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  1. Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    S. A. Myslenkov, V. S. Arkhipkin, A. V. Pavlova & S. A. Dobrolyubov

  2. Hydrometeorological Research Center of the Russian Federation, Bolshoi Predtechenskii per. 11-13, Moscow, 123242, Russia

    S. A. Myslenkov

  3. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nakhimovskii pr. 36, Moscow, 117997, Russia

    S. A. Myslenkov

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Original Russian Text © S.A. Myslenkov, V.S. Arkhipkin, A. V. Pavlova, S.A. Dobrolyubov, 2018, published in Meteorologiya i Gidrologiya, 2018, No. 10, pp. 60–70.

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Myslenkov, S.A., Arkhipkin, V.S., Pavlova, A.V. et al. Wave Climate in the Caspian Sea Based on Wave Hindcast. Russ. Meteorol. Hydrol. 43, 670–678 (2018). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068373918100060

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