The aim of this page is to establish the data format and the file name convention for the data exchange in the context of the activities of the WMO Lead Centre for Wave Forecast Verification.

We aim at inviting the different institutes that are participating in the current Wave Forecast Verification Project that Jean Bidlot has maintained for JCOMM (see list of contacts below):

Please Note:

• The fields will be on a  regular latitude‐longitude grid at the resolution that is best matching the native resolution of the direct  model output.
• The data should be encoded in GRIB format  (edition 2) using WMO compliant  templates. ECMWF can assist in the conversion into GRIB edition 2.
• The data will be pulled via ftp from an agreed server location at the data producer's site.
• Participants are committed to guarantee a steady and reliable provision of their data and to communicate any relevant changes.

Current contributors to the JCOMM Wave Forecast Verification Project (WFVP).

The start date indicates the date from which data have been provided.

Data coverage is either global or regional.

The number of forecasts per day and the forecast range refer to the data that is currently transmitted for verification purposes and not to what each centre provides to its users.