summary: The wave data on the Mediterranean coast are taken from the ANEMOC database (Atlas Numérique d'États de Mer Océaniques et Côtiers) which has been evaluated from numerical calculation (hindcast) for the period 01/01/1979-31/12/2008. The maps provide the most relevant wave parameters for the whole year and the four seasons from the shore to 50 km offshore. If the map title mentions a specific season (Spring (March to May), Summer (June to August), Fall (September to November) or Winter (December to January)) then the data are season-averaged. Otherwise, the averaging has been performed over the 30 years of the time series.
history: The wave dataset is taken from the ANEMOC database, which has been built by EDF R&D LNHE by hindcasting wave conditions over a period of 30 years, between 1979 and 2008. The simulations of wave conditions are carried out with the third-generation spectral wave modelling software TOMAWAC (Benoit et al. 1996) and are driven by wind fields from the ERA-40 meteorological reanalysis (Uppala et al. 2005) produced by the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecast (ECMWF).
references: M. Benoit, F. Marcos, F. Becq. Development of a third generation shallow-water wave model with unstructured spatial meshing, Proc. 25th Int. Conf. on Coastal Eng. (ICCE’1996), Orlando (FL, USA), ASCE, 465-478. 1996.
references: Uppala, S.M., Kållberg, P.W., Simmons, A.J., Andrae, U., da Costa Bechtold, V., Fiorino, M., Gibson, J.K., Haseler, J., Hernandez, A., Kelly, G.A., Li, X., Onogi, K., Saarinen, S., Sokka, N., Allan, R.P., Andersson, E., Arpe, K., Balmaseda, M.A., Beljaars, A.C.M., van de Berg, L., Bidlot, J., Bormann, N., Caires, S., Chevallier, F., Dethof, A., Dragosavac, M., Fisher, M., Fuentes, M., Hagemann, S., Hólm, E., Hoskins, B.J., Isaksen, L., Janssen, P.A.E.M., Jenne, R., McNally, A.P., Mahfouf, J.-F., Morcrette, J.-J., Rayner, N.A., Saunders, R.W., Simon, P., Sterl, A., Trenberth, K.E., Untch, A., Vasiljevic, D., Viterbo, P., and Woollen, J. 2005: The ERA-40 Reanalysis. Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., in press.
rights: All the information generated in the frame of the IREMARE-MED national research project (ADEME n° 1705C0016) is provided free of charge, without warranty of any kind. When used, this information should be cited as : “The IREMARE-MED project was funded by the Agence de l’environnement et de la maîtrise de l’énergie (ADEME 1705C0016) and coordinated by MINES ParisTech/ARMINES. The output is publicly available at (tds.webservice-energy.org)”.
Dr. Yves-Marie Saint-Drenan (Principal Investigator)
Prof. Thierry Ranchin (Principal Investigator)
Lionel Menard (Data Manager)
Keywords:
Energy (DIF)
Renewable energy (DIF)
Marine energy (DIF)
Wave (DIF)
Electricity (DIF)
Wave climate (DIF)
Sea state (DIF)
IREMARE-MED (DIF)
Mediterranean (DIF)
Thredds (DIF)
TDS (DIF)
NetCDF (DIF)
Dates:
2021-03-22T20:13:06.913Z (modified)
Projects:
Informations sur la Ressource pour les Energies MArines REnouvelables en MEDiterranée IREMARE-MED, funded by ADEME (Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maitrise de l'Energie/Agency for the Environment and Energy Control, French Public Institution), convention n° 1705C0016.
