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Data from: The Seasonal Cycle of Significant Wave Height in the Ocean: Local Versus Remote Forcing

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Readme

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  • 6.33 KB
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  • Plain text
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Readme file contains information describing the contents and organization of the zipped netCDF files.

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IFREMER gridded satellite altimetry significant wave height

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  • 621 MB
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  • ZIP Format
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NetCDF files contain significant wave height data gridded on a 1 degree longitude by 1 degree latitude bins from 66 degrees North to 66 degrees South at daily time intervals. Data is derived from the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER) cross-calibrated along-track satellite altimetry SWH product.

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CCMP2 deresolved wind speed

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  • 1.71 GB
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  • ZIP Format
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NetCDF files contain wind speed data averaged in 1 degree longitude by 1 degree latitude bins from 66 degrees North to 66 degrees South as well as in daily time intervals. Data is derived from the Cross Calibrated Multi-Platform version 2 (CCMP2) wind vector analysis.

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WW3 deresolved significant wave height

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  • 1.15 GB
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  • ZIP Format
Description

NetCDF files contain significant wave height output from the WAVEWATCH III (WW3) wave model forced by Climate Forecast System Reanalysis winds which has been averaged in 1 degree longitude by 1 degree latitude bins from 66 degrees North to 66 degrees South as well as in daily time intervals.

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WW3 deresolved wind speed

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  • 1.21 GB
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  • ZIP Format
Description

NetCDF files contain wind speed output from Climate Forecast System Reanalysis winds which has been averaged in 1 degree longitude by 1 degree latitude bins from 66 degrees North to 66 degrees South as well as in daily time intervals.

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Global significant wave height and wind speed decorrelation time scales

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  • 259 MB
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  • ZIP Format
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NetCDF files contain decorrelation time scales for observed and modeled significant wave height and wind speed computed from integrals of the lagged covariance for each month.

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Least squares fit parameters for significant wave height and wind speed

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  • 9.15 MB
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  • ZIP Format
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NetCDF files contain phase, amplitude, and fraction of variance explained parameters of the weighted least-squares fit to the mean, annual, and semi-annual cycles for observed and modeled significant wave height and wind speed.

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Monthly and seasonal probability of swell

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  • 17 MB
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  • ZIP Format
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NetCDF files contain monthly and seasonal probability of swell computed using modeled WSP and peak frequency or mean period.

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Colosi, Luke V.; Villas Bôas, Ana B.; Gille, Sarah T. (2021). Data from: The Seasonal Cycle of Significant Wave Height in the Ocean: Local Versus Remote Forcing. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. https://doi.org/10.6075/J06W9B6H

Description

This collection consists of NetCDF files that contain intermediate products derived from observed and modeled data produced by the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea and Remote Sensing Systems corresponding to analysis by Colosi et al. (2021). The data can be used in conjunction with the open-source code https://github.com/lcolosi/WaveClimatology. For a detailed description of file structure and how to reproduce the figures, refer to the Readme file.

Creation Date
  • 1993-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Date Issued
  • 2021
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Technical Details

All analyses were performed using Python. The source code and environment file are available in the GitHub repository https://github.com/lcolosi/WaveClimatology.

Funding

NASA grant: NNX16AH67G
NASA grant: 80NSSC20K1136
NASA grant: 80NSSC17K0326
Ocean Vector Winds Science Teams grant: 80NSSC19K0059
Philip and Elizabeth Hiestand Scholars program

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Identifier

Identifier: Ana B. Villas Bôas: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6767-6556

Identifier: Luke V. Colosi: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0571-4358

Identifier: Sarah T. Gille: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9144-4368

Doi: https://doi.org/10.6075/J06W9B6H

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Last Modified

2022-11-28