Short-Term Forecast of Wave Energy in the Maritime Silk Road

Previous researchers have made a lot of accumulation and contribution to the analysis of short-term forecast of oceanic and meteorological parameters and wind energy resource. However, researches on short-term forecasts of wave energy resources are extremely scarce, which is an urgent need in the business operation of wave energy engineering. In this chapter, based on the current international advanced wave model WW3, by comparing different boundary conditions, a short-term forecast scheme of wave energy that can fully consider the influence of swells generated from other oceans and is suitable for the Maritime Silk Road was proposed, which can provide scientific evidence for the business operation of wave energy development. The forecast parameters in this chapter are more abundant than the existing forecast scheme. It systematically covers the hourly significant wave height, wave period, WPD field, weekly availability, weekly richness, weekly energy storage, energy direction characteristics, sea state contribution to the wave energy, and wave energy forecast of key nodes, etc.