Output fields from the NOAA WAVEWATCH III® wave model monthly hindcasts for 2010-12 (NODC Accession 0089878)

The NOAA WAVEWATCH III® hindcast dataset comprises output fields from the monthly WAVEWATCH III® hindcast model runs conducted at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction. Each model run produces a collection of files containing gridded fields comprised of input and mean wave parameters such as the significant wave height, directions, frequencies etc. Once per month, a wave simulation is carried out using restart files from the previous month and forced by hindcast wind products for the entire month. The resulting output data are transferred to NODC on a monthly basis. NODC assembles the series of files into monthly accessions to facilitate archival retention and public access. The fields are encoded in the standard GRIdded Binary version 2 (GRIB2) file format. Wave spectral data summaries are included, as well as detailed spectra at selected locations, in tabular text format. Nine different sets of output fields, corresponding to nine different grids used in the numerical simulations, are included. These include a global grid, as well as regional and coastal grids covering much of the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans.

美国国家海洋和大气管理局（National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration，NOAA）的WAVEWATCH III®后报数据集，涵盖由国家环境预报中心（National Centers for Environmental Prediction，NCEP）开展的月度WAVEWATCH III®后报模型运行所生成的输出场。每次模型运行均会生成一组文件，其中包含由输入参数与平均海浪参数构成的网格化场，有效波高（significant wave height）、波向、波频等均属此类参数。每月将以上月的重启文件为初始条件，以整月的后报风场产品作为强迫驱动场开展海浪模拟。生成的输出数据将按月传输至国家海洋数据中心（National Oceanographic Data Center，NODC）。国家海洋数据中心会将该系列文件整合为月度入藏数据集包，以方便档案留存与公众获取。上述输出场采用标准网格化二进制第2版（GRIdded Binary version 2，GRIB2）文件格式进行编码。数据集同时包含以表格文本格式呈现的海浪频谱数据汇总，以及选定测点处的详细频谱数据。本次数据集共包含九套输出场，分别对应数值模拟中使用的九套网格。这些网格涵盖一套全球网格，以及覆盖北大西洋、北太平洋大部分海域的区域网格与近岸网格。