Wave Height

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Wave Height

File:Layer Wave Height.png
Layer Info
Category	Management
Sub-category	Environmental conditions

Description

In fluid dynamics, the wave height of a surface wave is the difference between the elevations of a crest (point of maximum upward displacement) and a neighbouring trough (exact opposite, so the minimum or lowest point). Wave height is a term used by mariners, as well as in coastal, ocean and naval engineering.

MSP Challenge

Wave Height is a static data layer, providing useful information for planning different human activities, e.g. wind farms, or indeed wave farms.

Return to environmental conditions.

Types

• < 1 m
• 1.0 - 1.5 m
• 1.5 - 2.0 m
• 2.0 - 2.5 m
• 2.5 - 3.0 m
• > 3.0 m

Metadata

Data Source

Marine Copernicus Services

Original Title

Atlantic- European North West Shelf- Ocean Physics Reanalysis

Description

The ocean physics reanalysis for the North-West European Shelf is produced using an ocean assimilation model, with tides, at 7 km horizontal resolution. It includes the following variables:

• sea water potential temperature
• sea water potential temperature at sea floor
• sea water salinity
• sea surface height above geoid
• eastward_sea_water_velocity
• northward_sea_water_velocity
• ocean mixed layer thickness defined by sigma theta

Further details of the model, including the product validation are provided in the CMEMS-NWS-QUID-004-009.

Further details about the dataset can be seen at CMEMS-NWS-PUM-004-009_011 for further details.

Source:

Marine Copernicus Services

Creation Date

Accessed on 2018/09

Methodology

Extracted the "sea surface height above geoid" variable and calculated the average height during the timeframe (since 1993 until 2018).

Types

Not applicable.

This layer is not available in the Baltic Sea Edition.

Not applicable.

This layer is not available in the Clyde Marine Region Edition.

Not applicable.

This layer is not available in the Adriatic Sea Edition.

Not applicable.

This layer is not present in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.