In Situ and Remote Methods for Resource Characterization
Abstract
Although wave and tidal energy resources can be either simulated or estimated from various products (e.g. tidal atlases), the resource can only truly be characterized by direct observation. Whilst observational campaigns are costly and logistically challenging, such direct measurements can accurately quantify the resource at high spatial and temporal resolution, and without the assumptions that are necessary when parameterizing numerical simulations. In addition, observations are essential for validating numerical simulations (Chapter 8), which can then be applied to understand processes over longer timescales or hypothetical scenarios such as sea-level rise or assessing ...
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