Mediterranean Wave Forecast Data Sets

period supported - 1 July 1992 to current date;
each parameter is stored as a field of grid point values, in latitude rows starting at the north and working southwards; within each row values run from west to east;
data are stored in FM 92 GRIB using sufficient bits to ensure that the values represented can be retrieved to an accuracy consistent with the analysis method used;

1 July 1992	Data is represented on a 0.5° latitude/longitude grid Data consists of daily 5 day forecasts from base time 1200 UTC Forecasts steps available are 6 hourly to HH+120 The area is 46.0° N to 30.0° N, 6.0 W to 36.0° E Fields available are significant wave height, mean wave direction, peak period of 1D spectra, mean wave period
30 July 1992	Fields added are coefficient of drag with waves, significant height of wind waves, mean direction of wind waves, mean period of wind waves, significant height of primary swell, mean direction of primary swell, mean period of primary swell
20 June 1995	Data is represented on a 0.25° latitude/longitude grid The area is 66.0° N to 30.0° N, 6.0° W to 42.0° E
7 May 1996	Field added is mean square slope of waves
26 October 1998	Field added is 10 metre wind speed.
27 October 1998	The area is 81.0° N to 9.0° N, 98.0°W to 42.0° E
27 June 2000	Fields added are mean wave period first moment, mean wave period second moment, wave spectral directional width, mean wave period first moment wind waves, mean wave period second moment wind waves, wave spectral directional width wind waves, mean wave period first moment for swell, mean wave period second moment for swell, wave spectral directional width for swell
10 August 2002	5 day forecasts from base time 0000 UTC are available
7 October 2003	Fields added are wave surface kurtosis, Benjamin-Feir index, wave spectral peakedness.

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31.05.2011