DMI/Nowcasting wave model verification study
Norwegian oil exploration fields
One year validation (2004) against 6 stations

We compare one year's observed and forecasted significant wave height from six norwegian oil exploration fields as listed below.
The comparison includes standard error measures and special statistics for peak events.
The maximum forecast range is 54 hours.

Click on the map or choose from the list below for the latest model-data comparison for a single station

Generel statistics:

compare stations
do. as tables
do. for peaks
forecast range/wave height dependency

Wave buoys
Single stations:

56.54N 3.20E #76920 Ekofisk
64.37N 7.79E #76925 Draugen
58.50N 1.71E #76926 Sleipner
65.34N 7.31E #76928 Heidrun
66.01N 8.07E #76930 Norne
60.77N 3.55E #76931 Troll A

jw - dmi/coi - 2005.12.09