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.

 

• Grid PDF File (349K)
  
• Comma-Delimited Grid File (26K zipped)

• GROW (Global)
  
• OSMOSIS (Display Software)

The BOMOS JIP consists of a 4 CD-ROM database of the 11 year continuous hindcast and 48 storm hindcasts in OSMOSIS format for all 3,389 grid points in the BOMOS 28km grid region. The OSMOSIS display and analysis software is also included in the purchase of BOMOS.

Archived wind/wave fields include wind speed/direction, wave height/period/direction, sea/swell partitions and other standard Oceanweather wave fields. Pre-computed tables of operational conditions and extremes are available at 50 select points in the BOMOS 28km grid area.