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Wave energy resource is a very important ocean renewable energy. A reliable assessment of wave energy resources must be performed before they can be exploited. Compared with wave model, altimeter can provide more accurate in situ observations for ocean wave which can be as a novel method for wave energy assessment. The advantage of altimeter data is to provide accurate significant wave height observations for wave. In order to develop characteristic and advantage of altimeter data and apply altimeter data to wave energy assessment, in this study, we established an assessing method for wave energy in local sea area which is dedicated to altimeter data. This method includes three parts including data selection and processing, establishment of evaluation indexes system and criterion of regional division. Then a case study of Northwest Pacific was performed to discuss specific application for this method. The results show that assessing method in this paper can assess reserves and temporal and spatial distribution effectively and provide scientific references for the siting of wave power plants and the design of wave energy convertors.
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Foundation item: The Dragon III Project of ESA-MOST Dragon Cooperation under contract No. 10412; the Ocean Renewable Energy Special Fund Project of State Oceanic Administration under contract No. GHME2011ZC07; the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) under contract No. 41176157.
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Wan, Y., Zhang, J., Meng, J. et al. Study on wave energy resource assessing method based on altimeter data—A case study in Northwest Pacific. Acta Oceanol. Sin. 35, 117–129 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-016-0804-2
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