6 parameters were agreed for common verification.
Specification
Output type: forecast
Output time: 0, 6, 12, 18 UTC if available
Output frequency: between 1 and 6 hours (i.e. the shortest available and including step 0)
- Full technical details
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)
Name | units | |
---|---|---|
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.