VERIFICATION OF ISWM(II) WIND DATA IN THE SOUTHERN CASPIAN SEA

The Caspian Sea (CS) wave hindcasts has been done in project called Iranian Seas Wave Modeling (ISWM) phase II [2] by forcing a wave model with ECMWF-Operationalwind data with grid spacing and temporal resolution of 0.5 degree and 6 hourly, respectively. The ECMWF wind data is calibrated by comparing with wind measurements from synoptic stations and Quikscat satellite and produced ISWM(II) wind filed.