Correlations between wind stress and significant wave height in the Bay of Bengal region

Prediction of significant wave height (Swh) and Wind stress (WS) were carried out spatially and temporally for a period of nine years (2015-2023) in the Bay of Bengal (BOB) region using a combination of empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis. In the present work, WAM-4C model is performed to generate spatially gridded swh data for nine years (2015-23). Six hourly NCEP blended winds have been applied to force the model. The wind stress, is estimated from wind speed using a drag coefficient.