US DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION (NCEP) 20130320 binary digital data Silver Spring, Maryland, USA US National Oceanographic Data Center http://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0089855 http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/waves/ The NOAA WAVEWATCH III® hindcast dataset comprises output fields from the monthly WAVEWATCH III® hindcast model runs conducted at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction. Each model run produces a collection of files containing gridded fields comprised of input and mean wave parameters such as the significant wave height, directions, frequencies etc. Once per month, a wave simulation is carried out using restart files from the previous month and forced by hindcast wind products for the entire month. The resulting output data are transferred to NODC on a monthly basis. NODC assembles the series of files into monthly accessions to facilitate archival retention and public access. The fields are encoded in the standard GRIdded Binary version 2 (GRIB2) file format. Wave spectral data summaries are included, as well as detailed spectra at selected locations, in tabular text format. Nine different sets of output fields, corresponding to nine different grids used in the numerical simulations, are included. These include a global grid, as well as regional and coastal grids covering much of the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. The purpose of the NOAA WAVEWATCH III® hindcast is to develop a long term archive of hindcast simulations of wind waves on a global domain that can then be used for subsequent studies that involve the wave climate. These global model output values are at coarse-resolution grid coverage and may be of limited use in fine-resolution grid applications, particularly in localized or coastal sea areas. More information on the WAVEWATCH III® family of models can be found on the NCEP website at http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/waves/wavewatch/. WAVEWATCH III® is registered in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. 20090101 20090131 ground condition Complete As needed -180 180 90 -77.5 NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS SWELL DIRECTION SWELL HEIGHT SWELL PERIOD WAVE DATA WAVE DIRECTION WAVE HEIGHT WAVE HEIGHT - SIGNIFICANT WAVE PERIOD WAVE SPECTRA WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED WAVE - PEAK PERIOD NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS not applicable NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS model output NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS US DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION (NCEP) None ocean model ocean model waves wave height wave period wave spectra ISO 19115 Topic Categories oceans NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS US DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION (NCEP) NODC ACCESSION 89855 0089855 NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Gulf of Alaska Gulf of Mexico Bering Sea Caribbean Sea Chukchi Sea Indian Ocean North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean South Atlantic Ocean South Pacific Ocean Coastal Waters of Western U.S. East Coast - US/Canada Mid-Atlantic Bight NE Pacific (limit-180) North American Coastline-North North American Coastline-South NW Atlantic (limit-40 W) None global ocean none NOAA and NODC would appreciate recognition as the resource from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these data. US DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICE; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER Cross, Scott mailing and physical

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