Dataset: hourly-instantaneous wave#

Dataset identifier: MetO-NWS-WAV-hi
Data store: cmems

How to open this dataset in AVL JupyterLab  

cmems_store = new_data_store('cmems')
ds = cmems_store.open_data('MetO-NWS-WAV-hi')

Bounding box map#

Bounding box map
Map tiles and data from OpenStreetMap, under the ODbL.

Basic information#

Parameter Value
Bounding box longitude (°) -16.015150125 to 13.015150125
Bounding box latitude (°) 45.993244125 to 62.749996231445316
Time range 2019-01-01 to 2023-04-20
Time period 0D

Click here for full dataset metadata.

Variable list#

Click on a variable name to jump to the variable’s full metadata.

Variable Long name Units
VHM0 Spectral significant wave height (Hm0) m
VHM0_SW1 Spectral significant primary swell wave height m
VHM0_SW2 Spectral significant secondary swell wave height m
VHM0_WW Spectral significant wind wave height m
VMDR Mean wave direction from (Mdir) degree
VMDR_SW1 Mean primary swell wave direction from degree
VMDR_SW2 Mean secondary swell wave direction from degree
VMDR_WW Mean wind wave direction from degree
VPED Wave principal direction at spectral peak degree
VSDX Stokes drift U m s-1
VSDY Stokes drift V m s-1
VTM01_SW1 Spectral moments (0,1) primary swell wave period s
VTM01_SW2 Spectral moments (0,1) secondary swell wave period s
VTM01_WW Spectral moments (0,1) wind wave period s
VTM02 Spectral moments (0,2) wave period Tm02 s
VTM10 Spectral moments (-1,0) wave period (Tm-10) s
VTPK Wave period at spectral peak / peak period (Tp) s

Full variable metadata#

VHM0#

Field Value
long_name Spectral significant wave height (Hm0)
standard_name sea_surface_wave_significant_height
units m
valid_min 0
valid_max 16000
grid_mapping crs
cell_methods time:point

VHM0_SW1#

Field Value
long_name Spectral significant primary swell wave height
standard_name sea_surface_primary_swell_wave_significant_height
units m
valid_min 0
valid_max 16000
comment Wind sea and swells defined using topographic partitions and spectral wave-age cut-off
grid_mapping crs
cell_methods time:point

VHM0_SW2#

Field Value
long_name Spectral significant secondary swell wave height
standard_name sea_surface_secondary_swell_wave_significant_height
units m
valid_min 0
valid_max 16000
comment Wind sea and swells defined using topographic partitions and spectral wave-age cut-off
grid_mapping crs
cell_methods time:point

VHM0_WW#

Field Value
long_name Spectral significant wind wave height
standard_name sea_surface_wind_wave_significant_height
units m
valid_min 0
valid_max 16000
comment Wind sea and swells defined using topographic partitions and spectral wave-age cut-off
grid_mapping crs
cell_methods time:point

VMDR#

Field Value
long_name Mean wave direction from (Mdir)
standard_name sea_surface_wave_from_direction
units degree
valid_min 0
valid_max 3600
grid_mapping crs
cell_methods time:point
direction_reference True North

VMDR_SW1#

Field Value
long_name Mean primary swell wave direction from
standard_name sea_surface_primary_swell_wave_from_direction
units degree
valid_min 0
valid_max 3600
comment Wind sea and swells defined using topographic partitions and spectral wave-age cut-off
grid_mapping crs
cell_methods time:point
direction_reference True North

VMDR_SW2#

Field Value
long_name Mean secondary swell wave direction from
standard_name sea_surface_secondary_swell_wave_from_direction
units degree
valid_min 0
valid_max 3600
comment Wind sea and swells defined using topographic partitions and spectral wave-age cut-off
grid_mapping crs
cell_methods time:point
direction_reference True North

VMDR_WW#

Field Value
long_name Mean wind wave direction from
standard_name sea_surface_wind_wave_from_direction
units degree
valid_min 0
valid_max 3600
comment Wind sea and swells defined using topographic partitions and spectral wave-age cut-off
grid_mapping crs
cell_methods time:point
direction_reference True North

VPED#

Field Value
long_name Wave principal direction at spectral peak
standard_name sea_surface_wave_from_direction_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum
units degree
valid_min 0
valid_max 3600
grid_mapping crs
cell_methods time:point
direction_reference True North

VSDX#

Field Value
long_name Stokes drift U
standard_name sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_x_velocity
units m s-1
valid_min -10000
valid_max 10000
comment uss=sqrt(uuss**2+vuss**2)
grid_mapping crs
cell_methods time:point
direction_reference True North

VSDY#

Field Value
long_name Stokes drift V
standard_name sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_y_velocity
units m s-1
valid_min -10000
valid_max 10000
comment Frequency range 0.0412 to 0.6532 Hz
grid_mapping crs
cell_methods time:point
direction_reference True North

VTM01_SW1#

Field Value
long_name Spectral moments (0,1) primary swell wave period
standard_name sea_surface_primary_swell_wave_mean_period
units s
valid_min 0
valid_max 3000
comment Wind sea and swells defined using topographic partitions and spectral wave-age cut-off
grid_mapping crs
cell_methods time:point

VTM01_SW2#

Field Value
long_name Spectral moments (0,1) secondary swell wave period
standard_name sea_surface_secondary_swell_wave_mean_period
units s
valid_min 0
valid_max 3000
comment Wind sea and swells defined using topographic partitions and spectral wave-age cut-off
grid_mapping crs
cell_methods time:point

VTM01_WW#

Field Value
long_name Spectral moments (0,1) wind wave period
standard_name sea_surface_wind_wave_mean_period
units s
valid_min 0
valid_max 3000
comment Wind sea and swells defined using topographic partitions and spectral wave-age cut-off
grid_mapping crs
cell_methods time:point

VTM02#

Field Value
long_name Spectral moments (0,2) wave period Tm02
standard_name sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_second_frequency_moment
units s
valid_min 0
valid_max 3000
grid_mapping crs
cell_methods time:point

VTM10#

Field Value
long_name Spectral moments (-1,0) wave period (Tm-10)
standard_name sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_inverse_frequency_moment
units s
valid_min 0
valid_max 3000
grid_mapping crs
cell_methods time:point

VTPK#

Field Value
long_name Wave period at spectral peak / peak period (Tp)
standard_name sea_surface_wave_period_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum
units s
valid_min 0
valid_max 3000
grid_mapping crs
cell_methods time:point

crs#

Field Value
grid_mapping_name latitude_longitude
longitude_of_prime_meridian 0.0
semi_major_axis 6378137.0
inverse_flattening 298.2572

Full dataset metadata#

Field Value
creation_date 2023-04-15T11:49:48Z
Conventions CF-1.6
netcdf-version-id netCDF-4
title hourly-instantaneous wave
institution UK Met Office
contact servicedesk.cmems@mercator-ocean.eu
references http://marine.copernicus.eu/
source PS-OS 45, AMM-FOAM 1.5 km (tidal) NEMO v3.6_WAVEWATCH-III v7.12
forcing_data_source ECMWF Global Atmospheric Model (HRES); UKMO NATL12; UKMO GLOWave; CMEMS-BALTIC; climatological rivers
product NORTHWESTSHELF_ANALYSIS_FORECAST_WAV_004_014
credit E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information (CMEMS)
licence http://marine.copernicus.eu/services-portfolio/service-commitments-and-licence/
history See source and creation_date attributes