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    • WaveWatch III (WW3) Global Wave Model

    Metadata Updated: June 10, 2023

    Through a collaborative effort with NOAA/NCEP and NWS Honolulu, the University of Hawaii has implemented a global-scale WaveWatch III (WW3) 7-day model with a 5-day hourly forecast at approximately 50-km or 0.5-deg resolution. The global model is forced with NOAA/NCEP's Global Forecast System (GFS) winds. This model is designed to capture the large-scale ocean waves and provide spectral boundary conditions for the Hawaii and other Pacific regional WW3 models. While considerable effort has been made to implement all model components in a thorough, correct, and accurate manner, numerous sources of error are possible. As such, please use these data with the caution appropriate for any ocean related activity.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date September 4, 2022
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date June 10, 2023
    Reference Date(s) June 20, 2010 (creation), June 20, 2010 (issued)
    Frequency Of Update

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date September 4, 2022
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date June 10, 2023
    Reference Date(s) June 20, 2010 (creation), June 20, 2010 (issued)
    Responsible Party Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid NWW3_Global_Best
    Access Constraints
    Bbox East Long 180.0
    Bbox North Lat 77.5
    Bbox South Lat -77.5
    Bbox West Long -180.0
    Coupled Resource [{"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}]
    Frequency Of Update
    Harvest Object Id 21550b58-74d4-4a06-8c5f-ebd6ad1a2728
    Harvest Source Id 817069b7-5f4e-4664-9e6b-615af3dfcf2d
    Harvest Source Title Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory
    Licence
    Lineage 2010-06-20T00:00:00Z New dataset. 2021-12-17T22:04:00Z Replaced erroneous sdir and wdir values with fill values over the period 2015-12-30 through 2017-07-10. Variable names had changed in source data unnoticed, resulting in directional spreading values in these two variables, not wave directions. ; FMRC Best Dataset
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-180.0, -77.5], [180.0, -77.5], [180.0, 77.5], [-180.0, 77.5], [-180.0, -77.5]]]}
    Progress
    Spatial Data Service Type ERDDAP griddap
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2010-11-07T21:00:00Z
    Temporal Extent End 2022-09-09T18:00:00Z

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