Puerto Rico Wave Climate Atlas: Model Validation
To ensure the high fidelity of the simulations, the model has been
validated rigorously historical observations obtained from buoys
operated by the Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System. All buoy
data from the San Juan, Rincon, Vieques and Ponce buoys during the
CARICOOS era (2009 to present) has been used to quantify model
performance, and the results are shown below. Model – data
comparison against the St. John CARICOOS buoy will be completed as
part of a second phase of the study sponsored by CARICOOS which
will expand some components of the wave climate atlas to the US
Virgin Islands.
