Data Publications

Global and North Atlantic Atlas of Monthly Ocean Waves

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  • UCAR/NCAR/CISL/DSS
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  • Global and North Atlantic Atlas of Monthly Ocean Waves
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  • NCAR_DS541.3
hasReference
  • Gulev, S.K., and V. Grigorieva, 2006: Variability of the winter wind waves and swell in the North Atlantic and North Pacific as revealed by the Voluntary Observing Ship Data. J. Climate, 19, 5667-5785. Gulev, S.K., V. Grigorieva, A. Sterl, and D. Woolf, 2003: Assessment of the Reliability of Wave Observations From Voluntary Observing Ships: Insights From the Validation of a Global Wind Wave Climatology Based On Voluntary Observing Ship Data. J. Geophys. Res., 108(C7), 1-21. Gulev, S.K., and L. Hasse, 1998: North Atlantic Wind Waves and Wind Stress Fields from Voluntary Observing Ship Data. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 28, 1107-1130.
hasSummary
  • Monthly 2-degree by 2-degree and 5-degree by 5-degree wave statistics were computed for 1958-1997 (Global Waves) and 1964-1993 (North Atlantic Waves) respectively from COADS shipboard wave observations. Significant wave heights are determined for several different schemes.
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