Author(s)

J.M. Hubertz

Abstract

Wave information near the coast is critical for coastal engineering studies related to the design of sea defence and protection, mitigation of coastal erosion, and estimation of littoral drift. Obtaining such information by measurements is impractical for extensive coastal regions over long time periods. An alternative approach is to calculate such information using numerical hindcast models. An application of this approach is presented for the Gulf of Mexico. Model results are compared to measurements to illustrate accuracy of the technique and summarized at a point south of the Florida Keys during 1994 as an example of the variability of wave climate. 1 Introduction The Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC) at the U.S. Army Engineers Waterways Exper

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