Dataset: CMEMS WAM model fields (hourly)#

Dataset identifier: cmems_mod_bal_wav_anfc_PT1h-i
Data store: cmems

How to open this dataset in AVL JupyterLab  

cmems_store = new_data_store('cmems')
ds = cmems_store.open_data('cmems_mod_bal_wav_anfc_PT1h-i')

Bounding box map#

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

Basic information#

Parameter Value
Bounding box longitude (°) 9 to 30.221627251342774
Bounding box latitude (°) 53 to 65.91610912890626
Time range 2018-12-01 to 2023-04-21
Time period 0D

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Variable list#

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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 0.0
valid_max 20.0

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 0.0
valid_max 20.0

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 0.0
valid_max 20.0

VHM0_WW#

Field Value
long_name Spectral significant wind wave height
standard_name sea_surface_wind_wave_significant_height
units m
valid_min 0.0
valid_max 20.0

VMDR#

Field Value
long_name Mean wave direction from (Mdir)
standard_name sea_surface_wave_from_direction
units degree
valid_min 0.0
valid_max 360.0

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 0.0
valid_max 360.0

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 0.0
valid_max 360.0

VMDR_WW#

Field Value
long_name Mean wind wave direction from
standard_name sea_surface_wind_wave_from_direction
units degree
valid_min 0.0
valid_max 360.0

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 0.0
valid_max 360.0

VSDX#

Field Value
long_name Stokes drift U
standard_name sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_x_velocity
units m s-1
valid_min -999.0
valid_max 999.0

VSDY#

Field Value
long_name Stokes drift V
standard_name sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_y_velocity
units m s-1
valid_min -999.0
valid_max 999.0

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 0.0
valid_max 25.0

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 0.0
valid_max 25.0

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 0.0
valid_max 20.0

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 0.0
valid_max 20.0

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 0.0
valid_max 20.0

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 0.0
valid_max 30.0

Full dataset metadata#

Field Value
Conventions CF-1.0
source FMI-WAM_CMEMS
institution Baltic MFC, PU Finnish Meteorological Institute
title CMEMS WAM model fields (hourly)
cmems_product_id BALTICSEA_ANALYSISFORECAST_WAV_003_010
westernmost_longitude 9.0138
easternmost_longitude 30.2080
southernmost_latitude 53.0083
northernmost_latitude 65.9081
grid_resolution 1 nautical mile (ie. 0.0167 degrees northward; 0.0278 degrees eastward