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 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.
General requirements for the project participants
- 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.
- The following set of parameters is required:
Atmospheric forcing
| Name | units |
|---|---|
| 10m U wind speed | m/s |
| 10m V wind speed | m/s |
Wave Fields
| Name | Units |
|---|---|
Significant wave height | m |
| Peak period | s |
| Mean wave period based on the second moment of the frequency spectrum | s |
Mean wave direction | degree true |
Potential contributors to the Wave Forecast Verification Project.
Contributors are invited to update their own page in the column "details from data provider". If there is a need to change the main page please send a request enrico.fucile@ecmwf.int as concurrent editing is sometimes giving unexpected results.
| Organisation | Acronym | current email contacts | Details from data provider | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | European Centre for Medium-Range Weather | ECMWF | ECMWF_LC_WFV | |
| 2 | Met office, UK | UKMO | andrew.saulter@metoffice.gov.uk ray.mahdon@metoffice.gov.uk | |
| 3 | Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Centre, USA | FNMOC | paul.wittmann@navy.mil | |
| 4 | Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada | ECCC | Natacha.Bernier@ec.gc.ca | |
| 5 | National Centres for Environmental Prediction, USA | NCEP | ||
| 6 | Météo France, France | METFR | lotfi.aouf@meteo.fr | |
| 7 | Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany | DWD | Thomas.Bruns@dwd.de | |
| 8 | Bureau of Meteorology, Australia | BoM | A.Zhong@bom.gov.au d.greenslade@bom.gov.au | |
| 9 | Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine, France | SHOM | ardhuin@ifremer.fr | |
| 10 | Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan | JMA | nkohno@mri-jma.go.jp | |
| 11 | Korea Meteorological Administration, Republic of Korea | KMA | swpark@kma.go.kr jsp98@korea.kr | |
| 12 | Puertos del Estado, Spain | PRTOS | enrique@puertos.es jgvaldecasas@puertos.es | |
| 13 | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut, Denmark | DMI | jw@dmi.dk | |
| 14 | National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand | NIWA | r.gorman@niwa.co.nz | |
| 15 | Det Norske Meteorologiske Institutt, Norway | METNO | anac@met.no birgitterf@met.no | |
| 16 | Servicio de Hidrografía Naval, Servicio Meteorológico, Argentina | SHNSM | paulaetala@gmail.com | |
| 17 | New Zealand MetService | NZMS | t.durrant@metocean.co.nz |