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Find in this page all necessary information for project participants.

Please be aware that some links or e-mail addresses are available only for authenticated users.

Model details

• Providers are asked to add their model details to the page Model details by providers. (these pages have been retired now)
• The summary of all model details can be seen in Models' description page.

General requirements

• Domain and resolution
  • The fields have to be provided

The aim of this page is to establish the data format and the file name convention for the data exchange in the context of the activities of the WMO Lead Centre for Wave Forecast Verification.

We aim at inviting the different institutes that are participating in the current Wave Forecast Verification Project that Jean Bidlot has maintained for JCOMM (see list of contacts below):

Please Note:

• The fields will be
  • on a  regular latitude‐longitude grid at the resolution that is best matching the native resolution of the direct  model output.
• Parameters
  • following set of parameters was agreed:

    • Atmospheric forcing:

      • 10 metre U wind component [m/s]
      • 10 metre V wind component [m/s]
    • Wave Fields:
      • Significant height of combined wind waves and swell [m]
      • Peak wave period [s]
      • Mean zero-crossing wave period [s]
      • Mean wave direction [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.

• Data format
  
  • The data
  should
  • 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.

Current contributors to the JCOMM Wave Forecast Verification Project (WFVP).

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European Centre for  Medium-Range Weather

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jean.bidlot@ecmwf.int

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henrique.alves@noaa.gov
Arun.Chawla@noaa.gov

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• • 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.

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National Institute of Water

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Det Norske Meteorologiske Institutt, Norway

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Servicio de Hidrografía Naval, Servicio Meteorológico, Argentina

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New Zealand MetService

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