%0 journal article
%@ 0705-5900
%A Lalbeharry, R., Behrens, A., Guenther, H., Wilson, L.

%D 2009
%J Atmosphere - Ocean
%N 3
%P 184-203 
%R doi:10.3137/OC305.2009
%T Matching of Coastal and Open Ocean Wave Models in a Mesoscale Application over Lake Erie
%U https://doi.org/10.3137/OC305.2009
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%X All the wave models tend to overpredict the wave heights and underpredict (particularly the K-model) the peak period. SWAN performs best for the wave heights and WAM4.5 for the peak periods and is computationally less demanding, whereas the spatial resolution applied to Lake Erie seems to be too coarse for an adequate use of the K-model. In general, WAM4.5 has advantages over coastal wave models in operational intermediate-scale applications.