Field measurements of coastal waves and currents in Portugal and Greece

The MAST II WAVEMOD Project aimed at improving stochastic modelling of ocea n waves and currents in coastal waters. In order to supplement existing dat a, two measurement campaigns were carried our, one on the Atlantic coast of Portugal, and, secondly, on the northern coast of Crete in the Mediterrane an. The Portuguese measurements covered 7 months during winter 1993-1994, w hile off Crete, measurements started early in February 1994 and continued f or 10 months, In both sites, two directional Waveriders and one non-directi onal Waverider were deployed along a transect our from the coast in water d epths between 10 and 100 m. In addition, the Mediterranean site also incorp orated measurements of mean current velocities. Available satellite data we re analysed to supplement the buoy data. In this paper, both measurement ca mpaigns are described together with a presentation of some of the data coll ected. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.