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Anisotropy of wind and wave regimes in the Baltic proper
Soomere, T. (2003). Anisotropy of wind and wave regimes in the Baltic proper. J. Sea Res. 49(4): 305-316. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1385-1101(03)00034-0
In: Journal of Sea Research. Elsevier/Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Amsterdam; Den Burg. ISSN 1385-1101; e-ISSN 1873-1414, more
Also appears in:
Ohlson, M.; Omstedt, A.; Turner, D. (Ed.) (2003). Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Baltic Oceanographers (CBO), Stockholm, Sweden, 25-29 November 2001. Journal of Sea Research, 49(4). Elsevier: Amsterdam. 227-374 pp., more
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Keywords
    Extreme values
    Profiles > Vertical profiles > Velocity profiles > Wind profiles
    Properties > Physical properties > Anisotropy
    Surges > Surface water waves > Storm surges
    Wave height
    ANE, Baltic, Baltic Proper [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    wind variability; wind data; Baltic Sea meteorology; surface waterwaves; wave forecasting; extreme waves

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  • Soomere, T.

Abstract
    The directional distribution of moderate and strong winds in the Baltic Sea region is shown to be strongly anisotropic. The dominating wind direction is south-west and a secondary peak corresponds to north winds. North-west storms are relatively infrequent and north-east storms are extremely rare. Angular distribution of extreme wind speed also has a two-peaked shape with maxima corresponding to south-west and north winds, and a deep minimum for easterly winds. The primary properties of the anisotropy such as prevailing winds, frequency of their occurrence, directional distribution of mean and maximum wind speeds coincide on both sides of the Baltic proper. The specific wind regime penetrates neither into the mainland nor into the Gulf of Finland or the Gulf of Riga. Properties of the saturated wave field in the neighbourhood of proposed sites of the Saaremaa (Ösel) deep harbour are analysed on the basis of the wave model WAM forced by steady winds. The directional distribution of wave heights in typical and extreme storms is highly anisotropic. Remarkable wave height anomalies may occur in the neighbourhood of the harbour sites.

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