6 parameters were agreed for common verification.
Specification
Output type:forecast
Output time:00 and 12 UTC
Output frequency: between 1 and 6 hours (i.e. the shortest available and including step 0)
Wave parameters should be obtained from the full 2-D spectrum (we stress this fact as there seems to be some confusion about wave parameters' names and definitions even in the latest WMO GRIB2 code tables)
| Name | units | |
|---|---|---|
Atmospheric forcing: | m/s | |
| m/s | ||
| Wave Fields: | m | |
| s | ||
| Mean zero-crossing wave period | s | |
| degree true |
Follow the links for exact GRIB2 WMO compliant definitions.