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Average Period Timeseries - North Sea - WAM ECMWF

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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
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, gtz, marine, period, sciences, sea, timeseries, wam, wave, zone
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	license	String	This dataset is licensed under a <b>Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License</b>. <br/> <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png" /></a> 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 Period 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	2024-11-27T23:00:00Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_start	String	2017-09-12T01:00:00Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	title	String	Average Period 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, 1.7327484E9
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	gtz		float
attribute	gtz	actual_range	float	-999.0, 12.63
attribute	gtz	definition	String	gtz=m0/m1
attribute	gtz	ioos_category	String	Surface Waves
attribute	gtz	long_name	String	Average Period
attribute	gtz	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	gtz	units	String	sec

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