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Global Wave Climate Database on the WWW from Delft Hydraulics

Entry ID: DELFT_HYDRAULICS_GWCDB

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Summary

Abstract: The Global Wave Climate Database of Delft Hydraulics uses wave
data to create wave statistics. The data include altimeter data from
the GEOSAT and ERS-1 satellites, ship and buoy observations, and model
output of wave predictions from the U.K. Met. Office global wave model
(Jun 88 - Mar 94). The user inputs an arbitrary
longitude-latitude-time window, and the database fetches all available
...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Science Keywords

OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT

OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT

ISO Topic Category

OCEANS

Platform

BUOYS

SHIPS

ERS-1 > European Remote Sensing Satellite-1

GEOSAT > Geodetic Satellite

Instrument

ALTIMETERS

Ancillary Keywords

SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT

WAVE DIRECTION

Originating Center

WLDELFT

Data Center

Delft Hydraulics

Data Center URL: http://www.wldelft.nl/
Dataset ID: GWCDB

Data Center Personnel
Name: IR. G.J. WENSINK Phone: (31) 5274-2922 Phone: 42290 hylvo-nl (TELEX) Fax: (31) 5274-3573 Email: Han.Wensink at Wldelft.nl Contact Address: P.O. Box 152 City: AD Emmeloord Postal Code: 8300 Country: NETHERLANDS