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Global and North Atlantic Atlas of Monthly Ocean Waves, by Gulev et al.

Monthly 2-degree by 2-degree and 5-degree by 5-degree wave statistics were computed for 1958-1997 (Global Waves) and 1964-1993 (North Atlantic Waves) respectively from COADS shipboard wave observations. Significant wave heights are determined for several different schemes.

PERIODS:

1958 to 1997

VARIABLES:

Significant Wave Height	Swells	Wave Height	Wave Period
Wave Speed/Direction

LEVELS:

Ground or water surface

TIMES:

Monthly Climatology

Every month (Mean)

TYPES:

Grid

COVERAGE:

Longitude Range: Westernmost=180W Easternmost=180E
Latitude Range: Southernmost=79S Northernmost=79N

Detailed coverage information

Detailed coverage information:
2° x 2°, 1E to 359E and 79N to 79S (180 x 80 Latitude/Longitude)
5° x 5°, 95W to 5E and 0N to 75N (21 x 16 Latitude/Longitude)

SOURCES:

RU/RAS/SIO

P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

PUBLICATIONS:

Gulev, S.K., V. Grigorieva, A. Sterl, and D. Woolf, 2003: Assessment of the Reliability of Wave Observations From Voluntary Observing Ships: Insights From the Validation of a Global Wind Wave Climatology Based On Voluntary Observing Ship Data. J. Geophys. Res., 108(C7), 1-21.

Gulev, S.K., and L. Hasse, 1998: North Atlantic Wind Waves and Wind Stress Fields from Voluntary Observing Ship Data. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 28, 1107-1130.

VOLUME:

8.35 MBytes

FORMATS:

ASCII (see dataset documentation)

CONTACT:

For assistance with this dataset, please contact Steve Worley (303-497-1248) . If the specialist is unavailable, please contact Data Help.

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