
BOMOS
is the definitive design metocean study for Offshore
Brazil in the Campos and contiguous Santos and Espirito
basins. This JIP (Joint Industry Project) applied
a tri-nested wave model approach to hindcast 48 storms
and 11 continuous years for determining extreme and
operational criteria.
Oceanweather's
GROW global model was coupled to the BOMOS regional
150km wave model and then finally to the BOMOS 28km
wave model. Wind fields used to drive the BOMOS models
were derived through kinematic reanalysis which utilized
local wind measurements in the Campos Basin.
Wave
hindcasts were extensively validated using proprietary
wind, wave and spectra data obtained by several JIP
participants.