6 parameters were agreed for common verification.

Specification

The wave parameters are based on the full 2-D spectrum (to avoid ambiguity in the names coming form the latest WMO GRIB2 code tables)



Nameunits

Atmospheric forcing:

10 metre U wind component

m/s

10 metre V wind component

m/s
Wave Fields:

Significant height of combined wind waves and swell

m

Peak wave period

s
Mean zero-crossing wave periods

Mean wave direction

degree true

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