EmmaBremps/ghana-coastal-ews

# Ghana Coastal Marine Early Warning Interactive coastal marine forecast research prototype for the Ghana coast. ## Main Forecast Variable The coloured marine field represents: **Significant Wave Height (Hs), metres** Animated arrows indicate calculated local wave propagation. ## Features - Spatial CMEMS wave forcing - Hourly Significant Wave Height forecast - Offshore-to-nearshore wave transformation - Wave shoaling - Wave refraction - Depth-limited breaking - Satellite basemap - Nearshore bathymetry - Water-depth contours - Spatial wave-propagation arrows - Multi-day forecast navigation - Hourly forecast animation - Clickable local forecasts - Wave-buoy model validation ## Model Validation The coastal transformation was compared against 598 matched hourly wave-buoy observations. - ERA5 RMSE: approximately 0.494 m - Coastal-model RMSE: approximately 0.405 m - RMSE improvement: approximately 18.08% ## Website Main forecast: `docs/index.html` Validation: `docs/validation.html` ## GitHub Pages Set GitHub Pages to: Branch: `main` Folder: `/docs` ## Contact brempong5@gmail.com