Guidance on Setup, Calibration, and Validation of Hydrodynamic, Wave, and Sediment Models for Shelf Seas and Estuaries

Table 6

Model performance statistics for wave models (A = design; B = appraisal; C = strategy; and U = unsatisfactory); from Defra/EA [3].

Type	Model resolution (km)	Record length (years)	RMSE, Hm0 (m)	RMSE average peak, Hm0 (m)
A	≤12	≥30	≤0.4	≤0.10
B	≤12	≥20	≤0.5	≤0.12
C	≤12	≥10	≤0.6	≤0.15
U	>12	<10	>0.6	>0.15