Information for project participants

Model details

• Please update your model details in the table below.
• The summary of all model details is in Models' description page.

General requirements

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If you are participating in this project,  please update your own page in the column "details from data provider" in the last table below.

We are currently inviting the institutes that are participating in the current Wave Forecast Verification Project that Jean Bidlot has maintained for JCOMM, but other Centres are welcome to join the project. 

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• Domain and resolution

• • The fields have to be provided on a  regular latitude‐longitude grid at the resolution that is best matching the native resolution of the direct  model output.
• The data shall be encoded in GRIB format  (edition 2) using WMO compliant  templates. ECMWF can assist in the conversion into GRIB edition 2.
• The data will be pulled via ftp from an agreed server location at the data producer's site.
• Participants are committed to guarantee a steady and reliable provision of their data and to communicate any relevant changes.
• ParametersThe
  • following set of parameters
  is required:

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  • • was agreed:

      • Atmospheric forcing:

        • 10 metre U wind component

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  • • • • [m/s]
        • 10 metre V wind component

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  • • • • [m/s]
      • Wave Fields:
        • Significant height of combined wind waves and swell

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  • • • • [m]
        • Peak wave period

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  • • • • [s]
        • Mean zero-crossing wave period

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  • • • • [s]
        • Mean wave direction

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  • • • • [degree true]

  • Forecast-observation matching
    

    • The matching between forecast and observation will be based on a nearest grid point approach.

    • No match-up will be performed if any of the surrounding grid points are missing in order to minimise land contamination effects.

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  • Data format
    
    • The data shall be encoded in GRIB format  (edition 2) using WMO compliant  templates. ECMWF can assist in the conversion into GRIB edition 2.
    • Encoding details
      

      • Refer to the page LC-WFV technical details for complete specification of the required input data.

  • Data exchange
    • Refer to the page LC-WFV technical details for expected test and future production work flow.

  Model details

  Potential contributors to the Wave Forecast Verification Project.

  Contributors are invited to update their own page in the column "details Details from data provider".

  	Organisation	Acronym	Anchor here here Details from data provider
  1	European Centre for  Medium-Range Weather	ECMWF	ECMWF_LC_WFV
  2	Met office, UK	UKMO	UKMO_LC_WFV
  3	Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Centre, USA	FNMOC	FNMOC_LC_WFV
  4	Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada	ECCC	ECCC_LC_WFV
  5	National Centres for Environmental Prediction, USA	NCEP	NCEP_LC_WFV
  6	Météo France, France	METFR	METFR_LC_WFV
  7	Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany	DWD	DWD_LC_WFV
  8	Bureau of Meteorology, Australia	BoM	BoM_LC_WFV
  9	Laboratoire D'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, France	LOPS	LOPS_LC_WFV
  10	Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan	JMA	JMA_LC_WFV
  11	Korea Meteorological Administration, Republic of Korea	KMA	KMA_LC_WFV
  12	Puertos del Estado, Spain	PRTOS	PRTOS_LC_WFV
  13	Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut, Denmark	DMI	DMI_LC_WFV
  14	National Institute of Water  and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand	NIWA	NIWA_LC_WFV
  15	Det Norske Meteorologiske Institutt, Norway	METNO	METNO_LC_WFV
  16	Servicio de Hidrografía Naval, Servicio Meteorológico, Argentina	SHNSM	SHNSM_LC_WFV
  17	New Zealand MetService	NZMS	NZMS_LC_WFV
  18	Servizio Meteorologico dell'Aeronautica Militare, Italy	METEOAM	METEOAM_LC_WFV

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