9172dc52b92b5456b39d08ba6693ab14 English dataset Polly Hadžiabdić British Oceanographic Data Centre Head of the BODC Requests Team Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool Merseyside L3 5DA United Kingdom enquiries@bodc.ac.uk https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ pointOfContact 2026-03-16T08:18:49 MEDIN 3.1.1 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 OGP POLCOMS and WAM model runs of the UK Continental Shelf, generating surface and bottom wave and current data for 10 years from 1999-2008 inclusive British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048POLCOMS_WAM_UKCS_1999-2008 2017-10-03 publication 2016-03-14 creation 2023-09-18 revision EDMED6364 http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ This dataset consists of (1) Bulk properties of sea surface waves, including significant wave height, period and direction. Some additional wave properties relevant to their impact at the sea bed are also included: friction velocity, bottom orbital velocity, direction and period at the sea bed. (2) Depth-averaged eastward and northward current components and sea surface height above sea level. Additionally, eastward and northward current induced stresses at the sea bed. The modelled two datasets are prepared on the same regular grid. With a resolution of around 1/9th x 1/6th degree, i.e. ~ 12km. The continental shelf model extends from 48 to 63 degrees longitude north and from 12 degrees longitude west to 13 degrees longitude east. The dataset was generated by the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Coastal Ocean Modelling System (POLCOMS) and the spectral wave model (WAM). The data are available in single monthly files, for a 10 year period from January 1999 to December 2008, the POLCOMS data are 30 minute averages, and the WAM data are hourly. The dataset was generated by the UK National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool. The dataset consists of 240 data files in Climate and Forecast (CF) compliant NetCDF format, 120 from POLCOMS and 120 from WAM. This work is funded by the Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF) under contract MEPF 09-P114 and NERC National Capability funding. More information about the modelled data set and its applications can be found in Bricheno et al. (2015), and Aldridge et al. (2014). Unknown British Oceanographic Data Centre Unknown Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool Merseyside L3 5DA United Kingdom enquiries@bodc.ac.uk https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ owner Unknown British Oceanographic Data Centre Unknown Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool Merseyside L3 5DA United Kingdom enquiries@bodc.ac.uk https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ originator British Oceanographic Data Centre Director Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool Merseyside L3 5DA United Kingdom enquiries@bodc.ac.uk https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ custodian British Oceanographic Data Centre Director Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool Merseyside L3 5DA United Kingdom enquiries@bodc.ac.uk https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ distributor asNeeded Wave height estimates Horizontal spatial co-ordinates Wave height and period statistics Date and time Sea level Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents) Wave direction SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2023-12-12 revision Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 revision Elevation Geographical grid systems Oceanographic geographical features GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2009-07-31 revision unknown SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2020-05-21 revision otherRestrictions No limitations apply Data are freely available otherRestrictions No conditions apply English elevation oceans location -12.00 13.00 48.00 63.00 SeaVoX water bodies 2025-08-07 revision North Sea SeaVoX water bodies 2025-08-07 revision Irish Sea SeaVoX water bodies 2025-08-07 revision Celtic Sea SeaVoX water bodies 2025-08-07 revision English Channel 1999-01-01 2008-12-31 Publication year: 2015-10-01 Publication title: Assessing Physical Disturbance of the Seabed by Waves and Currents: Application to the Northern European Continental Shelf Publication authors: Aldridge J.N., Parker E.R., Bricheno L.M., Green S.L., van der Molen J. Publication editors: Continental Shelf Research Publication year: 2015-10-15 Publication title: Distribution of natural disturbance due to wave and tidal bed currents around the UK Publication authors: Lucy M. Bricheno, Judith Wolf, John Aldridge Publication editors: Continental Shelf Research Network Common Data Form https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/053f88a9-011d-1824-e063-6c86abc02df5/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/053f88a9-011d-1824-e063-6c86abc02df5 Bricheno L.M., Wolf J., Aldridge J. (2023). POLCOMS model run in the Northwest European continental shelf generating current data and sea surface elevation for 10 years from 1999. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/053f88a9-011d-1824-e063-6c86abc02df5 download https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/053f88a9-011e-1824-e063-6c86abc02df5/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/053f88a9-011e-1824-e063-6c86abc02df5 Bricheno L.M., Wolf J., Aldridge J. (2023). WAM model run in the Northwest European continental shelf generating surface and bottom wave data for 10 years from 1999. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC doi: 10.5285/053f88a9-011e-1824-e063-6c86abc02df5 download dataset COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication BODC protocols are based on the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) model enabling BODC to iterate towards compliance with the on-going evolution and development of community requirements including FAIR (Findable,Accessible,Interoperable,Reusable), TRUST (Transparency, Responsibility, User community, Sustainability, Technology) and CARE (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics). Data managers quality assure submissions and assemble the metadata necessary for curation. 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