1-INTRODUCTION: IN RECENT YEARS, USING NUMERICAL MODELS HAS BEEN COMMON FOR PREDICTION OF WAVE CLIMATE. IN USING NUMERICAL MODELS, THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR FOR COASTAL ENGINEERS IS SELECTION OF BEST CALIBRATION AND VERIFICATION METHODS TO OBTAIN SUITABLE RESULTS. IN THIS PAPER, Mike21SW SOFTWARE HAS BEEN USED FOR MODELING OF WAVE CLIMATE IN WEST OF HORMOZGAN PROVINCE. THEN BY USING MEASUREMENT DATA FOR A PERIOD OF 1 YEAR IN NAKHILOO, THE NUMERICAL MODEL HAS BEEN CALIBRATED BY STATISTICAL METHODS LIKE Q-Q PLOT AND ALSO BY COMPARISON OF TIME SERIES. THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESEARCH IS STUDYING AND DISCUSSING ON THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF EACH CALIBRATION METHOD. FINALLY, A SUITABLE PROCEDURE HAS BEEN PRESENTED FOR CALIBRATION AND VERIFICATION OF WAVE MODELS.

A MAJOR TROUBLE IN COASTAL ENGINEERING AND OFFSHORE STRUCTURES OF IRAN IS LACK OF SUFFICIENT INFORMATION ON WAVE CHARACTERISTICS AT IRANIAN SEAS. SUCH INEFFICIENCY HAS CAUSED CONSULTANT COMPANIES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN OFFSHORE STRUCTURES DESIGN BE FORCED TO TAKE EXPERIMENTAL AND SEMI-EXPERIMENTAL INDICES AND FINDINGS. IT IS QUITE EVIDENT THAT UNCONFORMITIES SIMPLY ARISE IN SOME CASES, BECAUSE SUCH INDICES AND FINDINGS MIGHT NOT CORRESPOND TO THE REALITY AT SOME OCCASIONS. THE MAIN REASON FOR THAT LIES IN THE NATURE OF THE FINDINGS AND INDICES THAT ARE EXPERIMENTAL AND SO THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE RANDOM. TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, PORTS AND MARINE ORGANIZATION DEPLOYED ITS POTENTIALS AND MEANS TO START A PROJECT FOR THE FIRST TIME KNOWN AS IRANIAN SEAS WAVE MODELING (ISWM). THE PROJECT COMPRISES OF TWO MAJOR PHASES: STUDY ON CASPIAN SEA COASTS AND STUDY ON GULF OF OMAN, HORMOZ STRIP AND PERSIAN GULF. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO MODEL IRANIAN SEAS WAVES WITHIN A SPAN OF TWELVE YEARS (FROM 1992 TO 2003). FOR THIS PURPOSE, Mike21SW WAS USED AS GENUINE SOFTWARE. THIS SOFTWARE HAS THE CAPABILITY TO INCLUDE WIND DATA IN MODELING WAVES. THE WIND DATA ARE USED AS INPUT.