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  ds123.1 Detailed Metadata

Overview
Dataset Citation:
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, 2004: ERA40 WAVE Model Forecast on a 1.5 Degree Latitude-Longitude from ECMWF. Dataset ds123.1 published by the CISL Data Support Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, available online at http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds123.1/.
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:  601.197 Gbytes

Summary for Grids in WMO GRIB1 Format
Product and Coverage Information:
There are multiple products and/or geographical coverages for the grids in this format. Click a variable name to see the available products and coverages for that variable.
VariableParameter
Code
Vertical LevelsTemporal Valid Range
10 metre wind speed (m s-1) 245
• Specified height above ground: 10 m  1957-09-01 03:00 to 2002-09-02 00:00
2D wave spectra (single) (m2 s rad-1) 251
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 03:00 to 2002-08-31 21:00
Coefficient of drag with waves 233
• Specified height above ground: 10 m  1957-09-01 03:00 to 2002-09-02 00:00
Mean direction of primary swell (deg) 238
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 03:00 to 2002-09-02 00:00
Mean direction of wind waves (deg) 235
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 03:00 to 2002-09-02 00:00
Mean period of primary swell (s) 239
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 03:00 to 2002-09-02 00:00
Mean period of wind waves (s) 236
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 03:00 to 2002-09-02 00:00
Mean square slope of waves 244
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 03:00 to 2002-09-02 00:00
Mean wave direction (deg) 230
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 03:00 to 2002-09-02 00:00
Mean wave period (s) 232
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 03:00 to 2002-09-02 00:00
Mean wave period based on first moment (s) 220
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 03:00 to 2002-09-02 00:00
Mean wave period based on first moment for swell (s) 226
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 03:00 to 2002-09-02 00:00
Mean wave period based on first moment for wind waves (s) 223
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 03:00 to 2002-09-02 00:00
Mean wave period based on second moment (s) 221
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 03:00 to 2002-09-02 00:00
Mean wave period based on second moment for swell (s) 227
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 03:00 to 2002-09-02 00:00
Mean wave period based on second moment for wind waves (s) 224
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 03:00 to 2002-09-02 00:00
Peak period of 1D spectra (s) 231
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 03:00 to 2002-09-02 00:00
Significant height of primary swell (m) 237
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 03:00 to 2002-09-02 00:00
Significant height of wind waves (m) 234
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 03:00 to 2002-09-02 00:00
Significant wave height (m) 229
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 03:00 to 2002-09-02 00:00
Wave spectral directional width 222
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 03:00 to 2002-09-02 00:00
Wave spectral directional width for swell 228
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 03:00 to 2002-09-02 00:00
Wave spectral directional width for wind waves 225
• Mean sea level  1957-09-01 03:00 to 2002-09-02 00:00

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