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README.md

ww3

Download records for a single point from the WaveWatch III WW3 global wave model.

installation

conda install -c anaconda netcdf4
conda install -c conda-forge xarray

WaveWatch III parameters

Name	Description	Units
`longitude`	Longitude	degrees
`latitude`	Latitude	degrees
`time`	Julian day (UT)	-
`MAPSTA`	Status map	1
`U10`	Eastward_wind	m/s
`V10`	Northward_wind	m/s
`CI`	Sea ice area fraction	-
`hs`	Significant height of wind and swell waves	m
`wl`	Mean wave length	m
`t02`	Mean period Tm02	s
`t`	Mean period Tm01	s
`tm0m1`	Mean period Tm0-1	s
`CgE`	Wave energy flux	kW/m
`fp`	Wave peak frequency	s-1
`dir`	Wave mean direction	degrees
`spr`	Directional spread	degrees
`dp`	Peak direction	degrees
`hs0`	Wave significant height partition 0	m
`hs1`	Wave significant height partition 1	m
`hs2`	Wave significant height partition 2	m
`hs3`	Wave significant height partition 3	m
`tp0`	Peak period partition 0	s
`tp1`	Peak period partition 1	s
`tp2`	Peak period partition 2	s
`tp3`	Peak period partition 3	s
`lp0`	Mean wave length partition 0	m
`lp1`	Mean wave length partition 1	m
`lp2`	Mean wave length partition 2	m
`lp3`	Mean wave length partition 3	m
`th0`	Wave mean direction partition 0	degrees
`th1`	Wave mean direction partition 1	degrees
`th2`	Wave mean direction partition 2	degrees
`th3`	Wave mean direction partition 3	degrees
`si0`	Directional spread partition 0	degrees
`si1`	Directional spread partition 1	degrees
`si2`	Directional spread partition 2	degrees
`si3`	Directional spread partition 3	degrees
`ws0`	Wind sea fraction in partition 0	-
`ws1`	Wind sea fraction in partition 1	-
`ws2`	Wind sea fraction in partition 2	-
`ws3`	Wind sea fraction in partition 3	-
`wsf`	Wind sea fraction	1
`pnr`	Number of wave partitions	1
`dtd`	Dynamic time step	min.
`uust`	Eastward friction velocity	m/s
`vust`	Northward friction velocity	m/s
`cha`	Charnock coefficient for surface roughness length for momentum in air	1
`faw`	Wind to wave energy flux	Wm-2
`utaw`	Eastward wave supported wind stress	m2s-2
`vtaw`	Northward wave supported wind stress	m2s-2
`utwa`	Eastward wave to wind stress	m2/s2
`vtwa`	Northward wave to wind stress	m2/s2
`wcc`	Whitecap coverage	1
`Sxx`	Radiation stress component Sxx	N/m
`Syy`	Radiation stress component Syy	N/m
`Sxy`	Radiation stress component Sxy	N/m
`utwo`	Eastward wave to ocean stress	m2/s2
`vtwo`	Northward wave to ocean stress	s
`uuss`	Eastward surface stokes drift	m/s
`vuss`	Northward surface stokes drift	m/s