ASSESSING THE SPATIAL-TEMPORAL WAVE ENERGY CHARACTERISTICS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF CHINA IN A WAVE SIMULATION STUDY

The objective of this study is to evaluate exploitable wave power in the South China sea, especially along the southeast coast, from a 10-year hindcast simulation of ocean waves. Based on wind speed and wind direction data from meteorological stations in the South China Sea, an evaluation of three reanalysis data products, namely ERA5, CFSv2, and CCMP, was conducted using correlation coefficients, bias, and other performance indexes. Overall, the wind field of the ERA5 dataset performed the best.