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This repository is designed to help users to download and process the 20-year global wave reforecast generated by WAVEWATCH III model (https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/WW3) forced by GEFSv12 winds (https://noaa-gefs-retrospective.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html). The wave ensemble has been run with one cycle per day (at 03Z), spatial resolution of 0.25°X0.25° and temporal resolution of 3 hours. There are five ensemble members (control plus four perturbed members) and, once a week (Wednesdays), the ensemble is expanded to eleven members. The forecast range is 16 days and, once a week (Wednesdays), it extends to 35 days. More information about the wave modeling, wave grids and calibration can be found in the WAVEWATCH III regtest ww3_ufs1.3: https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/WW3/tree/develop/regtests/ww3_ufs1.3 The 20 years of reforecast results have been analyzed and quality-controlled. Three output types are available:
- Global wave fields, in grib2 format, with several variables including significant wave height, period, direction, and partitions;
- Point output tables, in netcdf format, containing time-series of significant wave height, period and direction, for 658 points (latitude/longitude informed) at the positions of wave buoys;
- For the same positions, spectral outputs are available, in netcdf format, containing the full spectra (2D directional spectrum). Each file refers to one forecast cycle with date (year,month,day) written in the file name.
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Open Data. There are no restrictions on the use of this data.
For questions related to wave modeling and the ensemble reforecast available, please contact Ricardo Martins Campos, email [email protected].