SWEEP Operational Wave and Water Level model - Channel Coastal Observatory
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SWEEP OWWL - CCO
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Abstract
The model has been developed at the University of Plymouth Coastal Processes Research Group (CPRG) as part of The South West Partnership for Environmental and Economic Prosperity (SWEEP) project that will help deliver economic and community benefits to the South West, whilst protecting and enhancing the area's natural resources.
About the Model: SWEEP OWWL is a forecasting system designed to predict waves, water levels, and wave overtopping hazard around the southwest coast of the UK. The model is updated once a day, and provides a three-day forecast. The system uses a 1-km resolution hydrodynamic (wave, currents, and water levels) Delft3D model, which is forced by a larger Met Office model, providing 2D spectral wave data, water levels, and currents along the four model boundaries, and the entire domain is forced with gridded wind and pressure data at 7-km resolution.