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  ds123.0 Detailed Metadata

Overview
Dataset Citation:
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, 2004: ERA40 WAVE Model Analysis on a 1.5 Degree Latitude-Longitude from ECMWF. Dataset ds123.0 published by the CISL Data Support Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, available online at http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds123.0/.
Types of data:
  • Grids
 Data formats:
Data contributors:
  • ECMWF > European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Programs/Experiments that collected the data:
  • ERA40 > ECMWF ERA40 Reanalysis Project
Total volume:  375.694 Gbytes

Summary for Grids in WMO GRIB1 Format
Product and Coverage Information:
There is one product and one geographical coverage for all of the grids in this format:
    Product: Analysis
    Geographical Coverage: 1.5° x 1.5°, 0E to 358.5E and 90N to 90S (240 x 121 Longitude/Latitude)
VariableParameter
Code
Vertical LevelsTemporal Valid Range
10 metre wind speed (m s-1)245
• Specified height above ground: 10 m  1957-09-01 00:00 to 2002-08-31 18:00
2D wave spectra (single) (m2 s rad-1)251
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 00:00 to 2002-08-31 18:00
Coefficient of drag with waves233
• Specified height above ground: 10 m  1957-09-01 00:00 to 2002-08-31 18:00
Mean direction of primary swell (deg)238
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 00:00 to 2002-08-31 18:00
Mean direction of wind waves (deg)235
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 00:00 to 2002-08-31 18:00
Mean period of primary swell (s)239
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 00:00 to 2002-08-31 18:00
Mean period of wind waves (s)236
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 00:00 to 2002-08-31 18:00
Mean square slope of waves244
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 00:00 to 2002-08-31 18:00
Mean wave direction (deg)230
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 00:00 to 2002-08-31 18:00
Mean wave period (s)232
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 00:00 to 2002-08-31 18:00
Mean wave period based on first moment (s)220
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 00:00 to 2002-08-31 18:00
Mean wave period based on first moment for swell (s)226
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 00:00 to 2002-08-31 18:00
Mean wave period based on first moment for wind waves (s)223
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 00:00 to 2002-08-31 18:00
Mean wave period based on second moment (s)221
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 00:00 to 2002-08-31 18:00
Mean wave period based on second moment for swell (s)227
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 00:00 to 2002-08-31 18:00
Mean wave period based on second moment for wind waves (s)224
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 00:00 to 2002-08-31 18:00
Peak period of 1D spectra (s)231
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 00:00 to 2002-08-31 18:00
Significant height of primary swell (m)237
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 00:00 to 2002-08-31 18:00
Significant height of wind waves (m)234
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 00:00 to 2002-08-31 18:00
Significant wave height (m)229
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 00:00 to 2002-08-31 18:00
Wave spectral directional width222
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 00:00 to 2002-08-31 18:00
Wave spectral directional width for swell228
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 00:00 to 2002-08-31 18:00
Wave spectral directional width for wind waves225
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 00:00 to 2002-08-31 18:00

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