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Tmws_TS

The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type Variable Name Attribute Name Data Type Value
attribute NC_GLOBAL cdm_data_type String TimeSeries
attribute NC_GLOBAL cdm_timeseries_variables String station_id
attribute NC_GLOBAL comments String Visit the website of the MFC at http://www.marineforecasts.be
attribute NC_GLOBAL Conventions String COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3
attribute NC_GLOBAL creation_date String Dataset updated twice daily
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_name String MFC ODNature RBINS
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_type String institution
attribute NC_GLOBAL Easternmost_Easting double 3.416667
attribute NC_GLOBAL featureType String TimeSeries
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_max double 53.2183
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_min double 51.0
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_units String degrees_north
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_max double 3.416667
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_min double 1.5
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_units String degrees_east
attribute NC_GLOBAL history String Operational Forecasts based on model WAM. For more information on WAM, please refer to : Komen, G. J., Cavaleri, L., Donelan, M., Hasselmann, K., Hassel-mann, S., and Janssen, P. A. E. M.: Dynamics and modellingof ocean waves, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK,560 pp., 1994. - and - The WAMDI Group, 1988: The WAM Model. A Third Generation Ocean Wave Prediction Model. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 18, 1775-1810, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1988)018<1775:TWMTGO>2.0.CO;2
attribute NC_GLOBAL infoUrl String http://www.marineforecasts.be (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL institution String Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Directorate Natural Environment, Marine Forecasting Centre
attribute NC_GLOBAL keywords String belgian, centre, coastal, data, ecwmf, environment, forecasting, marine, period, sciences, sea, timeseries, wam, wave, windsea, zone
attribute NC_GLOBAL license String This dataset is licensed under a <b>Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License</b>. <br/>
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This means you are free to share and adapt the licensed material, but you must give RBINS/MFC appropriate credits, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. In addition, you may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
attribute NC_GLOBAL Northernmost_Northing double 53.2183
attribute NC_GLOBAL source String Wave spectrum forecast by WAM
attribute NC_GLOBAL sourceUrl String (local files)
attribute NC_GLOBAL Southernmost_Northing double 51.0
attribute NC_GLOBAL standard_name_vocabulary String CF Standard Name Table v55
attribute NC_GLOBAL summary String Average Zero-upcrossing Period for the Windsea Timeseries - North Sea - The domain is a lon/lat grid that covers the range [48.5, 57.033] in latitude and the range [-4.05, 9.25] in longitude. The latitude increment is 0.066 degrees, the longitude increment is 0.1 degrees. The spectral analysis is provided every hour. The sea surface is forced by the 1-hourly meteo forecasts provided by the ECMWF
attribute NC_GLOBAL time_coverage_end String 2025-01-01T11:00:00Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL time_coverage_start String 2017-09-12T01:00:00Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL title String Average Zero-upcrossing Period for the Windsea Timeseries - North Sea - WAM ECMWF
attribute NC_GLOBAL Westernmost_Easting double 1.5
variable station_id   String  
attribute station_id cf_role String timeseries_id
attribute station_id ioos_category String Identifier
attribute station_id List_of_stations String A122, a2, akkaert, bolvanheist, Brouwerhavengat, cadzand, Deurlo, europlatform, Fino1WR, IJgeul5, k13, Nymindegab, ostend, Scheur oost, Scheur west, Schouwenbank, TSS1, TSS2, TSS3, TSS4, TSS5, TSS6, WaddenEierlandseGat, westhinder, Wielingen, wzbuoy
variable longitude   float  
attribute longitude _CoordinateAxisType String Lon
attribute longitude actual_range float 1.5, 3.416667
attribute longitude axis String X
attribute longitude ioos_category String Location
attribute longitude long_name String Longitude
attribute longitude standard_name String longitude
attribute longitude units String degrees_east
variable latitude   float  
attribute latitude _CoordinateAxisType String Lat
attribute latitude actual_range float 51.0, 53.2183
attribute latitude axis String Y
attribute latitude ioos_category String Location
attribute latitude long_name String Latitude
attribute latitude standard_name String latitude
attribute latitude units String degrees_north
variable time   double  
attribute time _CoordinateAxisType String Time
attribute time actual_range double 1.505178E9, 1.7357292E9
attribute time axis String T
attribute time ioos_category String Time
attribute time long_name String Time
attribute time standard_name String time
attribute time time_origin String 01-JAN-1970 00:00:00
attribute time units String seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
variable Tmws   float  
attribute Tmws actual_range float -999.0, 9.8
attribute Tmws definition String Tmws=sqrt(m0/m2) for the windsea components
attribute Tmws definition_of_the_Swell String The Windsea is defined as the components of the wave spectrum under the influence of the local wind. See Bidlot, ECMWF Newsletter N 91, Summer 2001, p12. https://www.ecmwf.int/en/elibrary/14633-newsletter-no-91-summer-2001.
attribute Tmws ioos_category String Surface Waves
attribute Tmws long_name String Average Zero-upcrossing Period for the Windsea
attribute Tmws reference String Guide to Wave Analysis and Forecasting, World Meteorological Organization, 1988, second ed., WMO-No. 702, p13. https://library.wmo.int/doc_num.php?explnum_id=3110
attribute Tmws units String sec

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