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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

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).

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Alternate title
British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048POLCOMS_WAM_UKCS_1999-2008
Date (Publication)
2017-10-03
Date (Creation)
2016-03-14
Date (Revision)
2016-03-14
Identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED6364
Originator
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Unknown ( Unknown )
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Custodian
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Director
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded As needed
SeaDataNet PDV
  • Wave height estimates
  • Wave direction
  • Sea level
  • Date and time
  • Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
  • Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
  • Wave height and period statistics
Vertical Coverages
  • unknown
MEDIN metadata record availability
  • Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
  • Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres
INSPIRE themes
  • Geographical grid systems
  • Elevation
  • Oceanographic geographical features
Use limitation
No conditions apply
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Data are freely available
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Oceans
  • Elevation
  • Location
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Begin date
1999-01-01
End date
2008-12-31
Supplemental Information

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

Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Distribution format
Distributor
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Director
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Statement
This dataset was created by the organisations with the "originator" role in this metadata record following their in-house procedures and model. The data were then provided to the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) for archival and discoverability. This record will include any updates to the data as and when they occur. The originator supplies the documentation through the link in this metadata record. No data quality or data processing procedures were applied by BODC.
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9172dc52b92b5456b39d08ba6693ab14 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2018-02-06T15:16:39
Metadata standard name
MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard
Metadata standard version
Version 2.3.8
Point of contact
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Polly Hadžiabdic ( Head of the BODC Requests Team )
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/
 
 

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