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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 HeightSwellsWave HeightWave 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
SOURCES: RU/RAS/SIO
P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
RELATED SITES: Global Atlas of Ocean Waves at the Sea Atmosphere Interaction And Climate Laboratory
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.

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FORMATS: ASCII (see dataset documentation)
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