Estimation of the waveclimate for the Baltic Sea 1980-2004

SND-ID: ecds0177-1. Version: 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/2v2b-qx20

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Associated documentation

ECDS0177_WavePoster_BSSC2007.pdf (3.21 MB)

Citation

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Barry Broman - SMHI - Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute

Research principal

SMHI - Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute - SMHI - Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute

Description

Wind waves as calculated by a simple wave formula based on wind, fetch and duration in 1223 points in the Baltic.

NOTE: This dataset does not meet SND's nominal standards for data reusability.

For each point the fetch in 8 directions is used. Fetches are stored in one file. Corrections are made for ice or no ice. If ice concentration is > 50% no waves are created. The winds are taken from a database based on geostrofic winds and downscaled to 10m by a simple formula. Time resolution 3h.

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Data are largely unstructured but divided according to year and to a certain degree also after locality. FIles can be opened in MatLab. Explanations to included variables are missing. Used formulas for wave calculations are described in the included readme file. All files are available as compressed in a single zip format for for distribution purposes, with a compression rate of approximately 30%.

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Method and outcome

Time period(s) investigated

1980 – 2004

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Data collection

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic description: Baltic Sea

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit