dataset CopernicusMarineService_NORTHWESTSHELF_ANALYSIS_FORECAST_WAV_004_014

Wave model from the North West Shelf, derived from the 2D wave spectrum (frequency, direction), providing wave height, period, and directional characteristics for overall sea-state, wind-sea, and swell components.

• Location on lorenz: /storage/shared/oceanparcels/input_data/CopernicusMarineService/NORTHWESTSHELF_ANALYSIS_FORECAST_WAV_004_014
• Simulation: -
• Region: North-West European Shelf (46-63°N, 16°W-13°E)
• Period: 01/01/2019 - 22/04/2023; 01/09/2023-30/04/2024
• Frequency: 1 hour
• Variables: Wave significant height: 'VHM0', Wave significant height (wind contribution): 'VHM0_WW', Wave significant height (first swell partition contribution): 'VHM0_SW1', Wave significant height (second swell partition contribution): 'VHM0_SW2', Spectral mean wave period, first moment (wind): 'VTM01_WW', Spectral mean wave period, first moment (first swell partition): 'VTM01_SW1', Spectral mean wave period, first moment (second swell partition): 'VTM01_SW2', Spectral mean wave period second moment: 'VTM02', Spectral mean wave period inverse moment: 'VTM10', Mean wave direction: 'VMDR', Mean wave direction (wind): 'VMDR_WW', Mean wave direction (first swell partition): 'VMDR_SW1', Mean wave direction (second swell partition): 'VMDR_SW2', Wave direction at spectral peak: 'VPED', Wave peak period: 'VTPK'
• Vertical levels: hybrid sigma coordinate, 51 levels
• Grid: Regular grid, 1.5km horizontal resolution
• Source: Copernicus Marine Service
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017343
• Documentation: The impact of ocean-wave coupling on the upper ocean circulation during storm events (Bruciaferri, D., Tonani, M., Lewis, H., Siddorn, J., Saulter, A., Castillo, J.M., Garcia Valiente, N., Conley, D., Sykes, P., Ascione, I., McConnell, N.) in Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans, 2021, 126, 6.
• Used by (name and/or repo): Meike Bos, Jimena Medina Rubio, Marc Schneiter
• Has Parcels modulefile (in Lorenz folder): Yes/No
• Links:
  • User Manual

Coupled to NWS analysis & forecast hydrodynamical model. Atmospheric forcing from ERA5 atmospheric reanalysis by ECMWF