%0 Journal Article
%T Locally calibrated wave hindcasts in the Estonian coastal sea in 1966每2011
%A 邦lo Suursaar
%J Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences
%D 2013
%I Estonian Academy Publishers
%R 10.3176/earth.2013.05
%X Wave parameters were studied in four differently exposed fetch-limited Estonian coastal sea locations: the Harilaid Peninsula facing W每NW, Letipea N每NE, Matsi SW and K iguste SE. Based on high-quality measurements of waves with the bottom-mounted Recording Doppler Current Profiler in 2006每2011, a model for significant wave height was calibrated separately for those locations. Using wind forcing data from Estonian coastal meteorological stations, a set of hindcasts was obtained over the period of 1966每2011. The wave heights showed some quasi-periodic cycles with a high stage in 1980每1995, and probably also from 2007; a prevailing overall decrease in the mean wave height; an increase in high wave events at the windward coasts of West Estonia but a decrease at the northern and southeastern coasts. The spatially contrasting results for differently exposed coasts reflect the corresponding variations in local wind, which are probably caused by changes in large-scale atmospheric pressure patterns above Northern Europe and a poleward shift of cyclones＊ trajectories. Although featuring outstanding calibration results, the long-term wave hindcast may be impacted by possible inhomogeneities in the older wind data.
%K wave modelling
%K wave measurements
%K fetch
%K wind climate
%K climate change
%K Baltic Sea.
%U http://www.kirj.ee/public/Estonian_Journal_of_Earth_Sciences/2013/issue_1/earth-2013-1-42-56.pdf