Freely Available Wave Data Insights
Explore a wealth of freely available wave data prepared by experts at NOAA, including information on data policies, observations, modeling resources, and more. Discover sources for USA buoy data, ECMWF products, Navy numerical models, and insights into wind waves and coastal hazard forecasting systems.
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Freely available wave data Prepared by Hendrik Tolman Marine Branch Chief, EMC/NCEP Jose-Henrique Alves Senior Research Scientist, SRG at EMC/NCEP NOAA Center for Weather & Climate Prediction 5830 University Research Ct College Park, MD 20740 Henrique.Alves@NOAA.gov Fall 2013 Ifremer Short Course on Ocean Waves 1/8
Data policies Big differences in data policies for different countries: USA: data generally freely available (Freedom of Information Act, FOIA). Exception is military classified data. Europe: much is by subscription, but more and more free sites too. Fall 2013 Ifremer Short Course on Ocean Waves 2/8
Observations USA buoy data: National Data Buoy Center Not much data around Africa . http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov ESA Globwave project: Historical and near real-time data. http://www.globwave.org Free after subscription, with terms and agreements. Fall 2013 Ifremer Short Course on Ocean Waves 3/8
USA models NOAA National Weather Service Data General NCEP web page with covering all NCEP data. http://www.ncep.noaa.gov Weather, waves, ocean, ice, SST, land . Marine Modeling and Analysis Branch http://polar.ncep,noaa.gov Full NOAA WAVEWATCH III data. Digital data: NOMADS OpenDAP / THREADS server: http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov Climate Forecast System reanalysis data: http://cfs.ncep.noaa.gov Fall 2013 Ifremer Short Course on Ocean Waves 4/8
USA models Navy products Fleet Numerical products http://www.usno.navy.mil/FNMOC Wind and wave results. Navoceano I could not get in here, for US DoD only. Fall 2013 Ifremer Short Course on Ocean Waves 5/8
ECMWF / MetOffice ECMWF and MetOffice (former UKMO) provide high- quality products, but generally for price. In previous workshop yvind Breivik from NMO (Norway) presented various websites that provided access to ECMWF data for free, but I could not get any of these to work. MetOffice (formerly UKMO) is running mesoscale weather modes for Africa, but I am not aware of partners and/or data distribution. Fall 2013 Ifremer Short Course on Ocean Waves 6/8
Other JCOMM expert team on Wind Wave and Storm Surges web site. Now Wind Waves and Coastal Hazard Forecasting Systems http://www.jcomm.info/index.php?option=com_content&t ask=view&id=131&Itemid=37 No live data, but forecast system monthy intercomparison and much other useful information. Fall 2013 Ifremer Short Course on Ocean Waves 7/8
