Table 1 Overview on wave data repositories. Data repositories considered for the local wave climate analysis.
CAWCR | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Designation | Hindcast | Hindcast | Hindcast |
Time series | 1979–2010 | 2011-01 to 2013-05 | 2013-06 to present |
Wave model | WAVEWATCH III v4.08 | WAVEWATCH III v4.18 | |
Wind forcing | NCEP CFSR hourly winds (Reanalysis) | NCEP CFSv2 hourly winds (Reanalysis) | NCEP CFSv2 hourly winds (Reanalysis) |
Grid resolution | 0.4∘ (\({24}^{\prime}\)) | 0.4∘ (\({24}^{\prime}\)) | 0.4∘ (\({24}^{\prime}\)) |
Temporal resolution | Hourly | Hourly | Hourly |
Spectral output | 3683 points | 3683 points | 3683 points |
Initializing Phase | 1979-01 | – | – |
Partitions | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Citation | |||
Extra | |||
Nested Australian and Western Pacific subgrids | |||
NCEP-EMC | ECMWF ERA5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Designation | Hindcast (Phase 2) | Production Hindcast | Reanalysis |
Time series | 1979 to 2009 | 2009-02 to 2019-05 | 1979 to present |
Wave model | WAVEWATCH III v5.08 | WAMa | |
Wind forcing | NCEP CFSR hourly winds (Reanalysis) | NCEP GFS 6 h winds (Forecast) | IFS atmospheric model (CY41R2) |
Grid resolution | 0.5∘ (\({30}^{\prime}\)) | 0.5∘ (\({30}^{\prime}\)) | 0.5∘ (\({30}^{\prime}\)) |
Temporal resolution | 3 h | 3 h | Hourly single levels |
Spectral output | 2D at each node | > 2000 points | 2D at each node |
Initializing Phase | until 1979-01-04 | – | – |
Partitions | 23 | 23 | 3 |
Citation | |||
Extra | Arctic Ocean and 13 nested subgrids | Arctic Ocean and 7 nested subgrids | 4D VAR data assimilation |
