coastDat-1 Waves North Sea wave spectra hindcast (1948-2007)

The data are from multi-decadal hindcast simulation with the wave model

WAM 4.5 covering the Southern North Sea (51-56.5 N and -3W-10.5E) using a grid

size of about 5,5x5.5 km (0.05 degrees latitude x 0.10 degrees longitude). The hindcast covers the period 1948-2007. Integrated parameter derived from 2D spectra are available every hour; the wave spectra themselves are available with a 3-hour time step. Atmospheric forcing was obtained from an atmospheric hindcast with SN-REMO driven by the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis 1 data set. Lateral boundary conditions were obtained from corresponding coarse grid hindcast covering most of the Northeast Atlantic driven by the same atmospheric forcing.

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Citation

Date (Publication)
2012-06-29
Edition

1
Citation identifier
coastDat-1_Waves
Citation identifier
doi:10.1594/WDCC/coastDat-1_Waves
Originator
  Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Zentrum für Material- und Küstenforschung GmbH - Dr. Ralf Weisse
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Author
  Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Zentrum für Material- und Küstenforschung GmbH - Dr. Ralf Weisse
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Author
  Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Zentrum für Material- und Küstenforschung GmbH - Dr. Elke Meyer
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Publisher
  WDC Climate at DKRZ
Point of contact
  Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Zentrum für Material- und Küstenforschung GmbH - Dr. Ralf Weisse
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Format

Name

netCDF.gz
Keywords

  • coastdat
Keywords

  • model data
Keywords

  • regional modelling
Keywords

  • waves
Use limitation

scientific use: For scientific use only
Language

eng; USA
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Begin date
1958-01-01
End date
2007-12-01
 

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OnLine resource
https://www.wdc-climate.de/ui/entry?acronym=coastDat-1_Waves
 

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Content

Coverage Description

Attribute description
sea_surface_wind_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_second_frequency_moment
Descriptor

[CF-Standard Name]; unit: s

Coverage Description

Attribute description
sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_inverse_frequency_moment
Descriptor

[CF-Standard Name]; unit: s

Coverage Description

Attribute description
sea_surface_wave_directional_spread
Descriptor

[CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree

Coverage Description

Attribute description
sea_surface_wave_period_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum
Descriptor

[CF-Standard Name]; unit: s

Coverage Description

Attribute description
sea_surface_wind_wave_directional_spread
Descriptor

[CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree

Coverage Description

Attribute description
sea_surface_wind_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_inverse_frequency_moment
Descriptor

[CF-Standard Name]; unit: s

Coverage Description

Attribute description
sea_surface_swell_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_second_frequency_moment
Descriptor

[CF-Standard Name]; unit: s

Coverage Description

Attribute description
sea_surface_swell_wave_period_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum
Descriptor

[CF-Standard Name]; unit: s

Coverage Description

Attribute description
sea_surface_wind_wave_period_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum
Descriptor

[CF-Standard Name]; unit: s

Coverage Description

Attribute description
sea_surface_swell_wave_directional_spread
Descriptor

[CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree

Coverage Description

Attribute description
sea_surface_swell_wave_from_direction
Descriptor

[CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree

Coverage Description

Attribute description
wind_from_direction
Descriptor

Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) In meteorological reports, the direction of the wind vector is usually (but not always) given as the direction from which it is blowing (wind_from_direction) (westerly, northerly, etc.). In other contexts, such as atmospheric modelling, it is often natural to give the direction in the usual manner of vectors as the heading or the direction to which it is blowing (wind_to_direction) (eastward, southward, etc.) "from_direction" is used in the construction X_from_direction and indicates the direction from which the velocity vector of X is coming. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree

Coverage Description

Attribute description
sea_surface_wave_significant_height
Descriptor

[CF-Standard Name]; unit: m

Coverage Description

Attribute description
sea_surface_wave_from_direction
Descriptor

[CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree

Coverage Description

Attribute description
sea_surface_swell_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_inverse_frequency_moment
Descriptor

[CF-Standard Name]; unit: s

Coverage Description

Attribute description
sea_surface_swell_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_first_frequency_moment
Descriptor

[CF-Standard Name]; unit: s

Coverage Description

Attribute description
wind_speed
Descriptor

Speed is the magnitude of velocity. Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) The wind speed is the magnitude of the wind velocity.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1

Coverage Description

Attribute description
sea_surface_wind_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_first_frequency_moment
Descriptor

[CF-Standard Name]; unit: s

Coverage Description

Attribute description
sea_surface_wind_wave_significant_height
Descriptor

[CF-Standard Name]; unit: m

Coverage Description

Attribute description
sea_surface_wind_wave_from_direction
Descriptor

[CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree

Coverage Description

Attribute description
sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_first_frequency_moment
Descriptor

[CF-Standard Name]; unit: s

Coverage Description

Attribute description
sea_surface_swell_wave_significant_height
Descriptor

[CF-Standard Name]; unit: m

Coverage Description

Attribute description
sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_second_frequency_moment
Descriptor

[CF-Standard Name]; unit: s
 

Metadata

Metadata

File identifier
wdc-climate.de:2333727 XML
Metadata language

eng; USA
Hierarchy level
collection
Hierarchy level name

coastDat-1_Waves
Date stamp
2012-02-28T16:40:53
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115
Metadata standard version

ISO 19115-2:2009
Point of contact
  Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon - Dr. Elke Meyer
www.hereon.de
Point of contact
  Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Zentrum für Material- und Küstenforschung GmbH - Dr. Ralf Weisse
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