Dataset: Wave fields (2D) - Hourly Instantaneous#

Dataset identifier: med-hcmr-wav-rean-h
Data store: cmems

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cmems_store = new_data_store('cmems')
ds = cmems_store.open_data('med-hcmr-wav-rean-h')

Bounding box map#

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

Basic information#

Parameter Value
Bounding box longitude (°) -18.145833 to 36.312500938232425
Bounding box latitude (°) 30.166667 to 46
Time range 1993-01-01 to 2021-06-30
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
VSDY Stokes drift V m/s
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 30000
type_of_analysis spectral analysis
WMO 100

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 30000
type_of_analysis spectral analysis
WMO 202

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 30000
type_of_analysis spectral analysis
WMO 203

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 30000
type_of_analysis spectral analysis
WMO 102

VMDR#

Field Value
long_name Mean wave direction from (Mdir)
standard_name sea_surface_wave_from_direction
units degree
valid_min -18000
valid_max 18000
type_of_analysis spectral analysis
WMO 200

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 -18000
valid_max 18000
type_of_analysis spectral analysis
WMO 107

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 -18000
valid_max 18000
type_of_analysis spectral analysis
WMO 109

VMDR_WW#

Field Value
long_name Mean wind wave direction from
standard_name sea_surface_wind_wave_from_direction
units degree
valid_min -18000
valid_max 18000
type_of_analysis spectral analysis
WMO 101

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 -18000
valid_max 18000
type_of_analysis spectral analysis
WMO

VSDX#

Field Value
long_name Stokes drift U
standard_name sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_x_velocity
units m/s
valid_min -1000
valid_max 1000
type_of_analysis spectral analysis
WMO 215

VSDY#

Field Value
long_name Stokes drift V
standard_name sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_y_velocity
units m/s
valid_min -1000
valid_max 1000
type_of_analysis spectral analysis
WMO 216

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 32000
type_of_analysis spectral analysis
WMO 226

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 32000
type_of_analysis spectral analysis
WMO 227

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 32000
type_of_analysis spectral analysis
WMO 223

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 32000
type_of_analysis spectral analysis
WMO 221

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 32000
type_of_analysis spectral analysis
WMO 201

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 32000
type_of_analysis spectral analysis
WMO 204

Full dataset metadata#

Field Value
bulletin_type reanalysis
institution Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)- Athens,Greece
source MEDWAM3
credit Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS)
contact servicedesk.cmems@mercator-ocean.eu
producer CMEMS-MED Monitoring and Forecasting Centre
references Please check in CMEMS catalogue the INFO section for product MEDSEA_MULTIYEAR_WAV_006_012 - http://marine.copernicus.eu
comment Please check in CMEMS catalogue the INFO section for product MEDSEA_MULTIYEAR_WAV_006_012 - http://marine.copernicus.eu
Conventions CF-1.6
area MED
bulletin_date 2022-06-01
field_type hourly_instantaneous_at_time_field
title Wave fields (2D) - Hourly Instantaneous