Find on this page technical specification of the required input data and processing for the WMO Lead Centre for Wave Forecast Verification project (LC-WFV)
Parameters
- Output time: 00 and 12 UTC
Output frequency: the model output steps should be between 1 and 12 hours (including step 0)
Output type: forecast
- Domain: regular latitude‐longitude grid at the resolution best matching the native resolution of the direct model output
Name | units | |
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Atmospheric forcing: | m/s | |
m/s | ||
Wave Fields: | m | |
s | ||
Mean zero-crossing wave period | s | |
degree true |
Follow the links for exact GRIB2 WMO compliant definitions.
Encoding
All details about the required input files including sample data can be found in the page Encoding details
Sample data
- Providers are asked to provide full sample data from one model run containing all expected parameters, steps, forecast types etc.
- Naming convention for sample data:
wave_<Organization_acronym>_<YYYYMMDDRR>_<prod/test>_<an/fc>.grib2
acronym listed in the table below
prod/test ... production or test version of the data
an/fc ... analysis or forecast - Merge all parameters from all steps for given model run and output type into one file:
e.g. wave test forecasts from ECMWF on the 1st of September 2017, 12Z => wave_ECMWF_2017090112_test_fc.grib2 - Put sample data on ecgate to a directory with reading permission
- alternatively use any other downloadable location (e.g. google drive)
alternatively use this ftp (quota only 10 GB):
host: ftp.ecmwf.int user: observations passwd: observations2013 directory: wave
- The naming convention for future production data might change
Production
- The data will be pulled via ftp from an agreed server location at the data producer's site.
- The ECMWF's acquisition system will be used for handling the production data exchange.
- Participants are committed to guarantee a steady and reliable provision of their data and to communicate any relevant changes.
- The support mailing list on provider's side will be required to allow smooth communication related to common production issues in the future.
Models description
Organization | Acronym | Centre acronym(code) | suiteName *4 (centre + model + domain) | Runs [UTC] (0/12 only) | Steps [h] | Fcst step [h] | Number of fcst steps | Resolution [º] (lat x lon if not the same) | Domain [lat, lon] (of the first and last grid point) | Domain size [#lat x #lon] (#total points) | Full 1day data size *3 [GB] | Remarks | |
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1 | European Centre for Medium-Range Weather | ECMWF | ecmf | ecmf-wam-glob | 0, 12 | 0-240 | 3 (0-144) 6 (150-240) | 65 | 0.125 | [90.0,0] [-90,359.875] | 1441 x 2880 (4150080) | 4.8 | |
ecmf-wam-glob | |||||||||||||
2 | Met office, UK | UKMO | egrr | egrr-ww-glob | 0, 12 | 0-144 | 3 | 0.2343750 x 0.3515625 | [80.03906S,0.17578125E] [80.03906N,359.82422E] | ||||
3 | Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Centre, USA | FNMOC | fnmo | fnmo-ww-glob | 0, 12 | 0-180 | 6 | 0.5 | [ 90.0,0] [90,359.5] | ||||
4 | Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada | ECCC | cwao | cwao-ww-glob | 0, 12 | 0-120 | 1 | 120 | 0.25 | [-90.0, 0] [90, 359.75] | 721x1440 | 1.4 | Mean wave direction not available |
5 | National Centres for Environmental Prediction, USA | NCEP | kwbc | kwbc-ww-glob | 0, 12 | 0-180 | 1 (0-120) 3 (123-180) | 0.5 (base grid) 0.067-0.167 (regional/coastal mosaics) | [-90.0,0] [90,359.5] | ||||
6 | Météo France, France | METFR | lfpw | lfpw-wam-glob | 0, 12 | 0-120 | 3 | 40 | 0.2 | [90.0,0] [ -90,359.8] | |||
7 | Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany | DWD | edzw | edzw-wam-gwam | 0, 12 | 0-174 | 1 | 0.25 | [89.25,0] [-85.25,359.75] | ||||
edzw-wam-ewam | 0, 12 | 0-78 | 1 | 0.05 x 0.10 | [66,-10.50] [30,42] | ||||||||
edzw-wam-cwam | 0, 12 | 0-48 | 1 | 30'' x 50'' | [56°26'45'',06°10'25''] [53°13'45'',14°54'35''] | ||||||||
8 | Bureau of Meteorology, Australia | BoM | ammc | ||||||||||
9 | Laboratoire D'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, France | LOPS | lfrb (Brest) *1 | lfrb-ww-glob | 0, 12 | 0-144 | 3 | 0.5 | [-78,-180] [80,179.5] | ||||
10 | Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan | JMA | rjtd | rjtd-mri-glob | 0, 12 | 0-84 | 3 | 0.5 | [75,0] [-75,359.5] | ||||
12 | 87-264 | 3 | |||||||||||
11 | Korea Meteorological Administration, Republic of Korea | KMA | rksl | ||||||||||
12 | Puertos del Estado, Spain (Madrid) | PRTOS | lemm | lemm-wam-atl | 0, 12 | 0-72 | 1 | 73 | 0.25 | [20,-59] [67,8] | |||
lemm-wam-med | 5' | [30,-7] [46,37] | |||||||||||
lemm-wam-bis | 2.5 | [42,-9.5] [44,1] | |||||||||||
lemm-wam-cad | 5' | [32.5,-9.5] [37.5,-5.5] | |||||||||||
lemm-wam-can | 5' | [27.25,-18.5] [29.75,-13] | |||||||||||
lemm-wam-gib | 1' | [35.75,-6.5] [36.75,-5.25] | |||||||||||
13 | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut, Denmark | DMI | ekmi | ||||||||||
14 | National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand | NIWA | niwa | niwa-wam-glob | 0 | 0-144 | 1 | 0.15625 x 0.234375 (10/64 x 15/64) | [-81.25,0] [81.25,359.765625] | ||||
15 | Det Norske Meteorologiske Institutt, Norway | METNO | enmi | ||||||||||
16 | Servicio de Hidrografía Naval, Servicio Meteorológico, Argentina | SHNSM | sabm | sabm-ww-glob | 0, 12 | 0-96 | 1 | 1 | [65,-180] [-80,179] | ||||
sabm-ww-aus | 0.5 | [-15,-180] [-79,179.5] | |||||||||||
sabm-ww-pla | 0.2 | [-25,-70] [-56,-40] | |||||||||||
sabm-ww-lit | 4' | [-40,-69.5] [-55,-61.03] | |||||||||||
sabm-ww-pam | 3' | [-33.9,-62.5] [-40.5,-53.5] | |||||||||||
17 | New Zealand MetService | NZMS | nzkl | ||||||||||
18 | Servizio Meteorologico dell'Aeronautica Militare, Italy | METEOAM | cnmc | cnmc-wam-med | 0, 12 | 3-72 | 3 | 25 | 0.05 | [-33.9,-62.5] [-40.5,-53.5] | 321 * 846 (271566) | 0.1 | step 0 missing? |
(1) WMO code does not exist yet for LOPS (WMO acronym for Brest is lfrb)
(2) acronym not defined yet in ECMWF ECCODES for centre 204 (NIWA with head office in Auckland(nzak))(fixed in ECCODES 2.7.0)
(3) both runs, 6 parameters, all steps, forecast only
(4) ECMWF ECCODES only (GRIB2 local section 2 for MARS archiving purposes)
Contact
Contact Richard Mladek for any further details, sample data exchange etc.