Comparative study on wave hindcasting using wind downscaling data at Bojong Salawe Beach

Abstract

The wind data have a crucial role in shore construction engineering, but the availability data is commonly rare. Some research and recording station provide wind data with four times data record in a day. This research calculated the wave as resulted of the downscaled wind data from four times a day to twenty four times a day recording. The research done by comparing several data obtained from satellite record and land-station record. The results show similarity in wind velocity and dominance direction but have significant differences of wave height and the direction of wave from difference record locations.