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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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- Date (Publication)
- 2012-06-29
- Edition
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1
- Citation identifier
- coastDat-1_Waves
- Citation identifier
- doi:10.1594/WDCC/coastDat-1_Waves
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- Name
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netCDF.gz
- Keywords
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coastdat
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- Keywords
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model data
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- Keywords
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regional modelling
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- Keywords
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waves
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- Use limitation
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scientific use: For scientific use only
- Language
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eng; USA
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- Begin date
- 1958-01-01
- End date
- 2007-12-01
- Distribution format
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netCDF.gz
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netCDF.gz
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- Transfer size
- 192409
- OnLine resource
- https://www.wdc-climate.de/ui/entry?acronym=coastDat-1_Waves
- Hierarchy level
- collection
Non quantitative attribute accuracy
- Name of measure
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n/a
- Measure description
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None
Conceptual consistency
- Name of measure
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n/a
- Measure description
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None
- Attribute description
- sea_surface_wind_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_second_frequency_moment
- Descriptor
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[CF-Standard Name]; unit: s
- Attribute description
- sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_inverse_frequency_moment
- Descriptor
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[CF-Standard Name]; unit: s
- Attribute description
- sea_surface_wave_directional_spread
- Descriptor
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[CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree
- Attribute description
- sea_surface_wave_period_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum
- Descriptor
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[CF-Standard Name]; unit: s
- Attribute description
- sea_surface_wind_wave_directional_spread
- Descriptor
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[CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree
- Attribute description
- sea_surface_wind_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_inverse_frequency_moment
- Descriptor
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[CF-Standard Name]; unit: s
- Attribute description
- sea_surface_swell_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_second_frequency_moment
- Descriptor
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[CF-Standard Name]; unit: s
- Attribute description
- sea_surface_swell_wave_period_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum
- Descriptor
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[CF-Standard Name]; unit: s
- Attribute description
- sea_surface_wind_wave_period_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum
- Descriptor
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[CF-Standard Name]; unit: s
- Attribute description
- sea_surface_swell_wave_directional_spread
- Descriptor
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[CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree
- Attribute description
- sea_surface_swell_wave_from_direction
- Descriptor
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[CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree
- Attribute description
- wind_from_direction
- Descriptor
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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
- Attribute description
- sea_surface_wave_significant_height
- Descriptor
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[CF-Standard Name]; unit: m
- Attribute description
- sea_surface_wave_from_direction
- Descriptor
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[CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree
- Attribute description
- sea_surface_swell_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_inverse_frequency_moment
- Descriptor
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[CF-Standard Name]; unit: s
- Attribute description
- sea_surface_swell_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_first_frequency_moment
- Descriptor
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[CF-Standard Name]; unit: s
- Attribute description
- wind_speed
- Descriptor
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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
- Attribute description
- sea_surface_wind_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_first_frequency_moment
- Descriptor
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[CF-Standard Name]; unit: s
- Attribute description
- sea_surface_wind_wave_significant_height
- Descriptor
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[CF-Standard Name]; unit: m
- Attribute description
- sea_surface_wind_wave_from_direction
- Descriptor
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[CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree
- Attribute description
- sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_first_frequency_moment
- Descriptor
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[CF-Standard Name]; unit: s
- Attribute description
- sea_surface_swell_wave_significant_height
- Descriptor
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[CF-Standard Name]; unit: m
- Attribute description
- sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_second_frequency_moment
- Descriptor
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[CF-Standard Name]; unit: s
- File identifier
- wdc-climate.de:2333727 XML
- Metadata language
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eng; USA
- Hierarchy level
- collection
- Hierarchy level name
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coastDat-1_Waves
- Date stamp
- 2012-02-28T16:40:53
- Metadata standard name
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ISO 19115
- Metadata standard version
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ISO 19115-2:2009
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