eng UTF8 dataset USACE Wave Information Study U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory wis@usace.army.mil http://wis.usace.army.mil WWW:LINK web browser information pointOfContact 2026-04-11 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) 3 column 0.0 row 0.0 temporal 720 3600.0 area WIS Great Lakes Lake Superior Hindcast FriTJanT15T13:06:41T2016 creation FriTJanT15T13:06:41T2016 issued USACE Wave Information Study U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory wis@usace.army.mil http://wis.usace.army.mil WWW:LINK web browser information originator P.I. of Wave Information Study Principle Investigator none The Wave Information Studies (WIS) is a US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) sponsored project that generates consistent, hourly, long-term (30+ years) wave climatologies along all US coastlines, including the Great Lakes and US island territories. USACE Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, WIS team USACE Wave Information Study U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory wis@usace.army.mil http://wis.usace.army.mil WWW:LINK web browser information pointOfContact Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Frequency Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Height Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Length Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Period Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Spectra Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Speed/Direction Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wind Waves DOD > DOD/USARMY/USACE/ERDC/CHL/WIS > Wave Information Study Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory Engineer Research and Development Center U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Army U.S. Department of Defense sea_surface_wave_variance_spectral_density sea_surface_wave_significant_height sea_surface_wave_from_direction theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords; CF Standard Name Table (v23, 23 March 2013) Wave Information Study project USACE Wave Information Study dataCenter longitude latitude sea_surface_wind_wave_significant_height sea_surface_wind_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_second_frequency_moment sea_surface_wave_significant_height sea_surface_wave_from_direction sea_surface_wind_wave_mean_period_from variance_spectral_density_first_frequency_moment sea_surface_swell_wave_from_direction sea_surface_wind_wave_mean_period_from variance_spectral_density_inverse_frequency_moment sea_surface_swell_wave_mean_period_from variance_spectral_density_inverse_frequency_moment sea_surface_swell_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_second_frequency_moment sea_surface_wind_wave_period sea_surface_swell_wave_mean_period_from variance_spectral_density_first_frequency_moment sea_surface_swell_wave_period wind_from_direction sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from variance_spectral_density_first_frequency_moment sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_second_frequency_moment sea_surface_wind_wave_from_direction sea_surface_wave_period_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum sea_surface_swell_wave_significant_height wind_speed sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from variance_spectral_density_inverse_frequency_moment sea_surface_wave_directional_variance_spectral_density wave_frequency time theme CFv25 These data may be redistributed and used without restriction. Data are intended for scholarly use by the research community, with the express agreement that users will properly acknowledge the USACE Wave Information Study and the supporting investigator(s). Use or reproduction of these data for commercial purposes is prohibited without prior written permission. Wave Information Study largerWorkCitation project Unidata Common Data Model Station largerWorkCitation project eng climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere 1 -87.96 -87.96 47.12 47.12 seconds 2006-09-01T01:00:00Z 2006-10-01T00:00:00Z none none station_name double station name longitude double longitude (longitude) latitude double latitude (latitude) waveHsWindsea double Significant Wave Height Windsea (sea_surface_wind_wave_significant_height) waveSpreadWindsea double Direction Spread Windsea waveTm2Windsea double 2nd Moment Mean Spectral Period Windsea (sea_surface_wind_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_second_frequency_moment) waveHs double Significant Wave Height (sea_surface_wave_significant_height) waveMeanDirection double Mean Wave Direction (sea_surface_wave_from_direction) waveTm1Windsea double 1st Moment Mean Spectral Period Windsea (sea_surface_wind_wave_mean_period_from variance_spectral_density_first_frequency_moment) frictionalVelocity double Frictional Velocity waveTpPeakSwell double Peak Spectral Period Swell waveMeanDirectionSwell double Mean Wave Direction Swell (sea_surface_swell_wave_from_direction) waveTpPeakWindsea double Peak Spectral Period Windsea waveSpread double Direction Spread waveSpreadSwell double Direction Spread Swell waveTmWindsea double Mean Spectral Period Windsea (sea_surface_wind_wave_mean_period_from variance_spectral_density_inverse_frequency_moment) waveTpPeak double Peak Spectral Period waveTmSwell double Mean Spectral Period Swell (sea_surface_swell_wave_mean_period_from variance_spectral_density_inverse_frequency_moment) waveTm2Swell double 2nd Moment Mean Spectral Period Swell (sea_surface_swell_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_second_frequency_moment) waveTpWindsea double Peak Spectral Period Windsea (sea_surface_wind_wave_period) waveStress double Wave Stress ratio of stress associated with waves to total stress coefficientOfDrag double Non-dimensional Drag Coefficient * 1000 waveTm1Swell double 1st Moment Mean Spectral Period Swell (sea_surface_swell_wave_mean_period_from variance_spectral_density_first_frequency_moment) waveTpSwell double Peak Spectral Period Swell (sea_surface_swell_wave_period) windDirection double Wind Direction (wind_from_direction) waveTm1 double 1st Moment Mean Spectral Period (sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from variance_spectral_density_first_frequency_moment) waveTm2 double 2nd Moment Mean Spectral Period (sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_second_frequency_moment) waveMeanDirectionWindsea double Mean Wave Direction Windsea (sea_surface_wind_wave_from_direction) waveTp double Parabolic Fit to the Peak Spectral Period (sea_surface_wave_period_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum) waveHsSwell double Significant Wave Height Swell (sea_surface_swell_wave_significant_height) windSpeed double Wind Speed (wind_speed) waveTm double Mean Spectral Period (sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from variance_spectral_density_inverse_frequency_moment) directionalWaveEnergyDensity double 2D Energy Density Spectrum (sea_surface_wave_directional_variance_spectral_density) waveDirectionBins double Band Center Direction waveFrequency double Band Center Frequency (wave_frequency) time double UTC sample time (time) USACE Wave Information Study wis@usace.army.mil http://wis.usace.army.mil WWW:LINK web browser URL for the data publisher This URL provides contact information for the publisher of this dataset information publisher OPeNDAP dataset The Wave Information Studies (WIS) is a US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) sponsored project that generates consistent, hourly, long-term (30+ years) wave climatologies along all US coastlines, including the Great Lakes and US island territories. 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