@anardek I completed plots showing the modeled and measured (at the CB gauge) wind speed and direction for our three flood events. The CB gauge shows lower wind speeds than the model, but I am not worried about this because we saw from previous modeled wind validation plots that this gauge tends to underestimate higher winds speeds. The wind directions from both sources generally agree.
The only thing I can really take away from these plots is that winds out of the west depress water levels, while winds out of the east elevate water levels. It is worth noting that, while atmospheric conditions do drive 10-30 cm swings in water depth, they are not the dominant flooding driver in any of the events we have analyzed. If you see anything different or would like to see further analysis on this theme, please let me know.
@anardek I completed plots showing the modeled and measured (at the CB gauge) wind speed and direction for our three flood events. The CB gauge shows lower wind speeds than the model, but I am not worried about this because we saw from previous modeled wind validation plots that this gauge tends to underestimate higher winds speeds. The wind directions from both sources generally agree.
The only thing I can really take away from these plots is that winds out of the west depress water levels, while winds out of the east elevate water levels. It is worth noting that, while atmospheric conditions do drive 10-30 cm swings in water depth, they are not the dominant flooding driver in any of the events we have analyzed. If you see anything different or would like to see further analysis on this theme, please let me know.