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        <origin>Anita Engelstad</origin>
        <origin>Li H. Erikson</origin>
        <origin>Ann E. Gibbs</origin>
        <origin>Kees Nederhoff</origin>
        <pubdate>20241127</pubdate>
        <title>Wave model input files (ver. 2.0, November 2024)</title>
        <edition>2.0</edition>
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          <sername>data release</sername>
          <issue>DOI: 10.5066/P931CSO9</issue>
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          <pubplace>Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, California</pubplace>
          <publish>U.S. Geological Survey</publish>
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        <onlink>https://doi.org/10.5066/P931CSO9</onlink>
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            <origin>Anita Engelstad</origin>
            <origin>Li H. Erikson</origin>
            <origin>Borja G. Reguero</origin>
            <origin>Ann E. Gibbs</origin>
            <origin>Kees Nederhoff</origin>
            <pubdate>2024</pubdate>
            <title>Nearshore wave time-series along the coast of Alaska computed with a numerical wave model (ver. 2.0, November 2024)</title>
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              <sername>data release</sername>
              <issue>DOI: 10.5066/P931CSO9</issue>
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            <pubinfo>
              <pubplace>Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, California</pubplace>
              <publish>U.S. Geological Survey</publish>
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            <othercit>Suggested Citation: Engelstad, A.C., Erikson, L.H., Reguero, B.G., Gibbs, A.E., Nederhoff, K.M., 2024, Nearshore wave time-series along the coast of Alaska computed with a numerical wave model (ver. 2.0, November 2024): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P931CSO9.</othercit>
            <onlink>https://doi.org/10.5066/P931CSO9</onlink>
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    <descript>
      <abstract>Provided here are the required input files to run a standalone wave model (Simulating Waves Nearshore [SWAN]; Booij and others, 1999) on eleven model domains from the Canada-U.S. border to Norton Sound, Alaska. The model runs create a downscaled wave database (DWDB) which, can be used to reconstruct hindcast,  historical, or projected time series at each point in the model domains (see Engelstad and others, 2023 for further information on reconstruction of time-series). The model forcing files consist of reduced sets of binned wind and wave parameter combinations, hereafter termed ‘sea states’. The use of representative sea states allows for lower computational costs and follows modified methods outlined in for example Camus and others, 2011, Reguero and others, 2013, and Lucero and others, 2017. Wind and wave parameters were extracted from the ERA5 reanalysis (Hersbach and others, 2020; https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/) for the hindcast period (1979–2019) and for the historical (1979-2014) and projected (2020-2050) time periods from WAVEWATCHIII wave model runs (Erikson and others, 2022) driven by winds and sea ice fields from the 6th generation Coupled Model Inter-comparison Projects (CMIP6 Haarsma and others, 2016 The extent of each model domain can be inferred from the browse graphic. Model input files are described in the Entity and Attribute Overview section.</abstract>
      <purpose>The purpose of this data release is to provide researchers, engineers, and other potential users with model input files that can be used to run the SWAN wave model along the coast of Alaska from the Canada-U.S. border to Norton Sound. These data are not intended to be used for navigation.</purpose>
      <supplinf>This work is part of the wave modeling efforts for Alaska and conterminous United States coasts and Territories that support the USGS Coastal Storm Modeling System (CoSMoS). For more information on CoSMoS, see https://www.usgs.gov/centers/pcmsc/science/coastal-storm-modeling-system-cosmos. Funding for this work was provided by the USGS Coastal Marine and Hazards Program (CMHRP).
Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.</supplinf>
    </descript>
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      <timeinfo>
        <rngdates>
          <begdate>2020</begdate>
          <enddate>2022</enddate>
        </rngdates>
      </timeinfo>
      <current>years in which the data were created</current>
    </timeperd>
    <status>
      <progress>Complete</progress>
      <update>None planned</update>
    </status>
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      <bounding>
        <westbc>-168.500</westbc>
        <eastbc>-139.990</eastbc>
        <northbc>71.4788</northbc>
        <southbc>62.1813</southbc>
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      <theme>
        <themekt>USGS Metadata Identifier</themekt>
        <themekey>USGS:1e4993d4-d421-470c-8abf-f46c9ef3f519</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)</themekt>
        <themekey>Hazards Planning</themekey>
        <themekey>Ocean Waves</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>ISO 19115 Topic Category</themekt>
        <themekey>geoscientificInformation</themekey>
        <themekey>oceans</themekey>
        <themekey>environment</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>USGS Thesaurus</themekt>
        <themekey>coastal processes</themekey>
        <themekey>Ocean Waves</themekey>
        <themekey>Climate Change</themekey>
        <themekey>Mathematical modeling</themekey>
        <themekey>Effects of climate change</themekey>
        <themekey>Earth sciences</themekey>
        <themekey>Mathematical modeling</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords</themekt>
        <themekey>numerical modeling</themekey>
        <themekey>waves</themekey>
        <themekey>coastal processes</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>Data Categories for Marine Planning</themekt>
        <themekey>Distributions</themekey>
        <themekey>Predictions</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>None</themekt>
        <themekey>U.S. Geological Survey</themekey>
        <themekey>USGS</themekey>
        <themekey>Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program</themekey>
        <themekey>CMHRP</themekey>
        <themekey>Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center</themekey>
        <themekey>PCMSC</themekey>
      </theme>
      <place>
        <placekt>Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)</placekt>
        <placekey>Chukchi Sea</placekey>
        <placekey>State of Alaska</placekey>
        <placekey>Bering Strait</placekey>
        <placekey>Norton Sound</placekey>
        <placekey>Beaufort Sea</placekey>
      </place>
    </keywords>
    <accconst>No access constraints</accconst>
    <useconst>USGS-authored or produced data and information are in the public domain from the U.S. Government and are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize and acknowledge the U.S. Geological Survey as the originator(s) of the dataset and in products derived from these data.</useconst>
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          <cntorg>U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center</cntorg>
          <cntper>PCMSC Science Data Coordinator</cntper>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>Mailing and Physical</addrtype>
          <address>2885 Mission Street</address>
          <city>Santa Cruz</city>
          <state>CA</state>
          <postal>95060</postal>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>831-427-4747</cntvoice>
        <cntemail>pcmsc_data@usgs.gov</cntemail>
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    <browse>
      <browsen>WaveModel_Domains.jpg</browsen>
      <browsed>Wave model domains – extend and naming</browsed>
      <browset>jpg</browset>
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    <native>Data were generated with the Delft3D modeling suite developed by Deltares and MATLAB on Personal Desktop Computers (PC) equipped with the Windows 10 operating system.</native>
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      <attraccr>The bathymetry for the domains was primarily based on products provided by the International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO, Jakobsson and others, 2020), which have a resolution of 200 x 200 m. IBCAO is based on all available bathymetric datasets north of 64 degrees North. In the nearshore region, these are generally NOAA, National Ocean Service (NOS) hydrographic surveys which were mainly conducted between the 1940s and 1970s. Newer products for the Arctic are sparse and a high uncertainty in coastline position and water depth remains, particularly in the nearshore regions (for details, see Engelstad and others, 2023). An exception are 3 regions where newer and more accurate bathymetric data were used (see Process Step below).</attraccr>
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    <logic>Bathymetry data have undergone quality checks and meet standards within the above and below mentioned limitations. Model output was reconstructed and compared to several nearshore observations. Significant wave heights (Hs) were modeled with a combined root mean square error (RMSE) of 0.18 m for these locations.</logic>
    <complete>Dataset is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract.</complete>
    <posacc>
      <horizpa>
        <horizpar>A qualitative accuracy assessment of the horizontal position information in the data set was conducted. Changes to the bathymetry were made in the vicinity of Cross Island offshore of Prudhoe Bay (grid 'bfrt2') where a NOS dataset (H07760 from 1950) appeared to have been horizontally misplaced and which was manually rectified. Furthermore, because of the sparsity of bathymetric data and the years in which the measurements were obtained (primarily 1940-1970), uncertainties related to water depths and shoreline position are significant. Shoreline position data from USGS topographic maps from the 1950s to 1990s at scales between 1:63,360 and 1:250,000 were used to update the bathymetry in the very nearshore region. Bathymetric points along the shoreline and extending seaward roughly 500 meters were removed and subsequently populated using an internal diffusion algorithm (Deltares, 2021, QUICKIN, at https://content.oss.deltares.nl/delft3d/manuals/QUICKIN_User_Manual.pdf)</horizpar>
      </horizpa>
      <vertacc>
        <vertaccr>Bathymetries are concurrent with topobathymetric DEM locations. Sea level rise was considered as an increase in water levels of 2 millimeters per year (mm/yr) in the region (Sultan and others, 2011) between the year of the surveys and today (roughly 0.15 m) which was added to the bathymetry. A formal accuracy assessment of the vertical positional information in the data set has not been conducted. However, because of the sparsity of data and the years in which the observations were collected (primarily 1940-1970), uncertainties related to water depths and shoreline position are significant. These cannot be specified due to a lack of knowledge and local differences in erosion and accretion rates.</vertaccr>
      </vertacc>
    </posacc>
    <lineage>
      <srcinfo>
        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>IBCAO Version 4.0 Compilation Group</origin>
            <pubdate>2020</pubdate>
            <title>The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) Version 4.0.</title>
            <geoform>netCDF files</geoform>
            <pubinfo>
              <pubplace>online</pubplace>
              <publish>British Oceanographic Data Centre, National Oceanography Centre, NERC, UK</publish>
            </pubinfo>
            <onlink>https://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/gridded_bathymetry_data/arctic_ocean/</onlink>
          </citeinfo>
        </srccite>
        <typesrc>online database</typesrc>
        <srctime>
          <timeinfo>
            <sngdate>
              <caldate>2020</caldate>
            </sngdate>
          </timeinfo>
          <srccurr>publication date</srccurr>
        </srctime>
        <srccitea>IBCAO</srccitea>
        <srccontr>gridded continuous terrain model covering land and ocean in the Arctic region</srccontr>
      </srcinfo>
      <srcinfo>
        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>Li H. Erikson</origin>
            <origin>Ann E. Gibbs</origin>
            <origin>Bruce M. Richmond</origin>
            <origin>Benjamin M. Jones</origin>
            <origin>Curt D. Storlazzi</origin>
            <origin>Karin Ohman</origin>
            <pubdate>2020</pubdate>
            <title>Modeled 21st Century Storm Surge, Waves, and Coastal Flood Hazards, and Supporting Oceanographic and Geological Field Data (2010 and 2011) for Arey and Barter Islands, Alaska and Vicinity</title>
            <geoform>geoTIFF</geoform>
            <pubinfo>
              <pubplace>online</pubplace>
              <publish>U.S. Geological Survey</publish>
            </pubinfo>
            <onlink>https://doi.org/10.5066/P9LGYO2Q</onlink>
          </citeinfo>
        </srccite>
        <typesrc>online database</typesrc>
        <srctime>
          <timeinfo>
            <rngdates>
              <begdate>19480101</begdate>
              <enddate>20110701</enddate>
            </rngdates>
          </timeinfo>
          <srccurr>ground condition at time data were collected</srccurr>
        </srctime>
        <srccitea>DEM Arey Lagoon</srccitea>
        <srccontr>digital elevation model around Arey Lagoon, Alaska</srccontr>
      </srcinfo>
      <srcinfo>
        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>Copernicus Climate Change Service</origin>
            <pubdate>2017</pubdate>
            <title>ERA5: Fifth generation of ECMWF atmospheric reanalyses of the global climate</title>
            <geoform>NetCDF</geoform>
            <pubinfo>
              <pubplace>online</pubplace>
              <publish>Copernicus Climate Change Service Climate Data Store</publish>
            </pubinfo>
            <onlink>https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/cdsapp#!/home</onlink>
          </citeinfo>
        </srccite>
        <typesrc>online database</typesrc>
        <srctime>
          <timeinfo>
            <rngdates>
              <begdate>19790101</begdate>
              <enddate>20191231</enddate>
            </rngdates>
          </timeinfo>
          <srccurr>period for which data were obtained</srccurr>
        </srctime>
        <srccitea>ERA5</srccitea>
        <srccontr>wave data used to derive sea states for hindcast</srccontr>
      </srcinfo>
      <srcinfo>
        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>Li Erikson</origin>
            <origin>Liv Herdman</origin>
            <origin>Chris Flanary</origin>
            <origin>Anita Engelstad</origin>
            <origin>Prasad Pusuluri</origin>
            <origin>Patrick Barnard</origin>
            <origin>Curt Storlazzi</origin>
            <origin>Mike Beck</origin>
            <origin>Borja Reguero</origin>
            <origin>Kai Parker</origin>
            <pubdate>2022</pubdate>
            <title>Ocean wave time-series simulated with a global-scale numerical wave model under the influence of projected CMIP6 wind and sea ice fields</title>
            <geoform>NetCDF</geoform>
            <pubinfo>
              <pubplace>online</pubplace>
              <publish>U.S. Geological Survey</publish>
            </pubinfo>
            <onlink>https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KR0RFM</onlink>
          </citeinfo>
        </srccite>
        <typesrc>online database</typesrc>
        <srctime>
          <timeinfo>
            <rngdates>
              <begdate>20200101</begdate>
              <enddate>20501231</enddate>
            </rngdates>
          </timeinfo>
          <srccurr>period covered by model</srccurr>
        </srctime>
        <srccitea>WW3</srccitea>
        <srccontr>wave data used to derive sea states for historical and projected periods</srccontr>
      </srcinfo>
      <srcinfo>
        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>Enrico Scoccimarro</origin>
            <origin>Alessinio Bellucci</origin>
            <origin>Daniele Peano</origin>
            <pubdate>2017</pubdate>
            <title>CMCC CMCC-CM2-VHR4 model output prepared for CMIP6 HighResMIP</title>
            <geoform>netCDF files</geoform>
            <pubinfo>
              <pubplace>online</pubplace>
              <publish>Earth System Grid Federation</publish>
            </pubinfo>
            <onlink>http://doi.org/10.22033/ESGF/CMIP6.1367</onlink>
          </citeinfo>
        </srccite>
        <typesrc>online database</typesrc>
        <srctime>
          <timeinfo>
            <rngdates>
              <begdate>19790101</begdate>
              <enddate>20501231</enddate>
            </rngdates>
          </timeinfo>
          <srccurr>period covered by model</srccurr>
        </srctime>
        <srccitea>CMCC wind</srccitea>
        <srccontr>East-west and north-south wind components for determining sea states</srccontr>
      </srcinfo>
      <srcinfo>
        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>Aurore Voldoire</origin>
            <pubdate>2019</pubdate>
            <title>CNRM-CERFACS CNRM-CM6-1-HR model output prepared for CMIP6 ScenarioMIP ssp585</title>
            <geoform>netCDF files</geoform>
            <pubinfo>
              <pubplace>online</pubplace>
              <publish>Earth System Grid Federation</publish>
            </pubinfo>
            <onlink>http://doi.org/10.22033/ESGF/CMIP6.4225</onlink>
          </citeinfo>
        </srccite>
        <typesrc>online database</typesrc>
        <srctime>
          <timeinfo>
            <rngdates>
              <begdate>20200101</begdate>
              <enddate>20501231</enddate>
            </rngdates>
          </timeinfo>
          <srccurr>period covered by model</srccurr>
        </srctime>
        <srccitea>CNRM wind</srccitea>
        <srccontr>East-west and north-south wind components for determining sea states</srccontr>
      </srcinfo>
      <srcinfo>
        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>EC-Earth Consortium (EC-Earth)</origin>
            <pubdate>2018</pubdate>
            <title>EC-Earth-Consortium EC-Earth3P-HR model output prepared for CMIP6 HighResMIP</title>
            <geoform>netCDF files</geoform>
            <pubinfo>
              <pubplace>online</pubplace>
              <publish>Earth System Grid Federation</publish>
            </pubinfo>
            <onlink>https://doi.org/10.22033/ESGF/CMIP6.2323</onlink>
          </citeinfo>
        </srccite>
        <typesrc>online database</typesrc>
        <srctime>
          <timeinfo>
            <rngdates>
              <begdate>19790101</begdate>
              <enddate>20501231</enddate>
            </rngdates>
          </timeinfo>
          <srccurr>period covered by model</srccurr>
        </srctime>
        <srccitea>EC-Earth wind</srccitea>
        <srccontr>East-west and north-south wind components for determining sea states</srccontr>
      </srcinfo>
      <srcinfo>
        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>Huan Guo</origin>
            <origin>Jasmin G. John</origin>
            <origin>Chris Blanton</origin>
            <origin>Colleen McHugh</origin>
            <origin>Serguei Nikonov</origin>
            <origin>Aparna Radhakrishnan</origin>
            <origin>Kristopher Rand</origin>
            <origin>Niki T. Zadeh</origin>
            <origin>V. Balaji</origin>
            <origin>Jeff Durachta</origin>
            <origin>Christopher Dupuis</origin>
            <origin>Raymond Menzel</origin>
            <origin>Thomas Robinson</origin>
            <origin>Seth Underwood</origin>
            <origin>Hans Vahlenkamp</origin>
            <origin>Krista A. Dunne</origin>
            <origin>Paul P.G. Gauthier</origin>
            <origin>Paul Ginoux</origin>
            <origin>Stephen M. Griffies</origin>
            <origin>Robert Hallberg</origin>
            <origin>Matthew Harrison</origin>
            <origin>William Hurlin</origin>
            <origin>Pu Lin</origin>
            <origin>Sergey Malyshev</origin>
            <origin>Vaishali Naik</origin>
            <origin>Fabien Paulot</origin>
            <origin>David J. Paynter</origin>
            <origin>Jeffrey Ploshay</origin>
            <origin>Daniel M. Schwarzkopf</origin>
            <origin>Charles J. Seman</origin>
            <origin>Andrew Shao</origin>
            <origin>Levi Silvers</origin>
            <origin>Bruce Wyman</origin>
            <origin>Xiaoqin Yan</origin>
            <origin>Yujin Zeng</origin>
            <origin>Alistair Adcroft</origin>
            <origin>John P. Dunne</origin>
            <origin>Isaac M. Held</origin>
            <origin>John P. Krasting</origin>
            <origin>Larry W. Horowitz</origin>
            <origin>Chris Milly</origin>
            <origin>Elena Shevliakova</origin>
            <origin>Michael Winton</origin>
            <origin>Ming Zhao</origin>
            <origin>Rong Zhang</origin>
            <pubdate>2018</pubdate>
            <title>NOAA-GFDL GFDL-CM4 model output prepared for CMIP6 ScenarioMIP</title>
            <geoform>netCDF files</geoform>
            <pubinfo>
              <pubplace>online</pubplace>
              <publish>Earth System Grid Federation</publish>
            </pubinfo>
            <onlink>https://doi.org/10.22033/ESGF/CMIP6.9242</onlink>
          </citeinfo>
        </srccite>
        <typesrc>online database</typesrc>
        <srctime>
          <timeinfo>
            <rngdates>
              <begdate>19790101</begdate>
              <enddate>20501231</enddate>
            </rngdates>
          </timeinfo>
          <srccurr>period covered by model</srccurr>
        </srctime>
        <srccitea>GFDL wind</srccitea>
        <srccontr>East-west and north-south wind components for determining sea states</srccontr>
      </srcinfo>
      <srcinfo>
        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>Malcolm Roberts</origin>
            <pubdate>2018</pubdate>
            <title>MOHC HadGEM3-GC31-HH model output prepared for CMIP6 HighResMIP</title>
            <geoform>netCDF files</geoform>
            <pubinfo>
              <pubplace>online</pubplace>
              <publish>Earth System Grid Federation</publish>
            </pubinfo>
            <onlink>https://doi.org/10.22033/ESGF/CMIP6.445</onlink>
          </citeinfo>
        </srccite>
        <typesrc>online database</typesrc>
        <srctime>
          <timeinfo>
            <rngdates>
              <begdate>19790101</begdate>
              <enddate>20501231</enddate>
            </rngdates>
          </timeinfo>
          <srccurr>period covered by model</srccurr>
        </srctime>
        <srccitea>HadgemHH wind</srccitea>
        <srccontr>East-west and north-south wind components for determining sea states</srccontr>
      </srcinfo>
      <srcinfo>
        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>Malcolm Roberts</origin>
            <pubdate>2018</pubdate>
            <title>MOHC HadGEM3-GC31-HM model output prepared for CMIP6 HighResMIP</title>
            <geoform>netCDF files</geoform>
            <pubinfo>
              <pubplace>online</pubplace>
              <publish>Earth System Grid Federation</publish>
            </pubinfo>
            <onlink>https://doi.org/10.22033/ESGF/CMIP6.446</onlink>
          </citeinfo>
        </srccite>
        <typesrc>online database</typesrc>
        <srctime>
          <timeinfo>
            <rngdates>
              <begdate>19790101</begdate>
              <enddate>20501231</enddate>
            </rngdates>
          </timeinfo>
          <srccurr>period covered by model</srccurr>
        </srctime>
        <srccitea>HadgemHM wind, HadgemSST wind</srccitea>
        <srccontr>East-west and north-south wind components for determining sea states</srccontr>
      </srcinfo>
      <srcinfo>
        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>Alexander G. Snyder</origin>
            <origin>Cordell D. Johnson</origin>
            <origin>Ann E. Gibbs</origin>
            <origin>Li H. Erikson</origin>
            <pubdate>2021</pubdate>
            <title>Nearshore bathymetry data from the Unalakleet River mouth, Alaska, 2019</title>
            <geoform>comma-delimited text</geoform>
            <pubinfo>
              <pubplace>online</pubplace>
              <publish>U.S. Geological Survey</publish>
            </pubinfo>
            <onlink>https://doi.org/10.5066/P9238F8K</onlink>
          </citeinfo>
        </srccite>
        <typesrc>online database</typesrc>
        <srctime>
          <timeinfo>
            <rngdates>
              <begdate>20190709</begdate>
              <enddate>20190712</enddate>
            </rngdates>
          </timeinfo>
          <srccurr>ground condition at time data were collected</srccurr>
        </srctime>
        <srccitea>bathymetry</srccitea>
        <srccontr>bathymetry data at the mouth of the Unalakleet River, Alaska</srccontr>
      </srcinfo>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Obtained topobathymetric elevation data from IBCAO and generated grid bathymetries for wave simulations. For the Foggy Island Bay area (domain ‘bfrt2’), Utqiagvik (domain ‘chuk1’), Barter Island (domain ‘bfrt1’), and Norton Sound (‘bering2’), IBCAO was merged with available local bathymetry (Coastal Frontiers Corporation, 2014; Erikson and others, 2020; eTrack Inc., 2018; Kasper and others, 2019; OCM Partners, 2023; Snyder and others, 2021; Tweedie and others, 2016). Created polygons for barrier islands and assigned these as obstacles in SWAN.</procdesc>
        <srcused>IBCAO</srcused>
        <srcused>DEM Arey Lagoon</srcused>
        <srcused>bathymetry</srcused>
        <procdate>20210714</procdate>
      </procstep>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Obtained ERA5 wave and wind data and determined 2500 representative sea states (which are a combinations of significant wave height (Hs), mean wave period (Tm), mean wave direction (Dm), wind speed (windv) and wind directions (winddir)) with a multivariant maximum-dissimilarity algorithm (e.g., Camus and others, 2011, Reguero and others, 2013, and Lucero and others, 2017).</procdesc>
        <srcused>ERA5</srcused>
        <procdate>20210714</procdate>
      </procstep>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Obtained CMIP6 wave time-series from WW3 runs (Erikson and others, 2022) and wind from global climate models (CMCC, CNRM, CNRM, ECEARTH, GFDL, HadgemHH, HadgemHM, HadgemSST) and determined between 3300 and 3900 sea states (e.g., Camus and others, 2011, Reguero and others, 2013, and Lucero and others, 2017), depending on the domain length and alongshore variability of the wave conditions. More sea states were determined for CMIP6 than for ERA5 to allow the use of the CMIP6 sea states for the historical as well as the projected period.</procdesc>
        <srcused>WW3</srcused>
        <srcused>CMCC wind</srcused>
        <srcused>CNRM wind</srcused>
        <srcused>EC-Earth wind</srcused>
        <srcused>GFDL wind</srcused>
        <srcused>HadgemHH wind</srcused>
        <srcused>HadgemHM wind, HadgemSST wind</srcused>
        <procdate>20220304</procdate>
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    <indspref>The model files included are for the SWAN model.</indspref>
  </spdoinfo>
  <spref>
    <horizsys>
      <geograph>
        <latres>0.1</latres>
        <longres>0.001</longres>
        <geogunit>Decimal degrees</geogunit>
      </geograph>
      <geodetic>
        <horizdn>North American Datum of 1983</horizdn>
        <ellips>Geodetic Reference System 80</ellips>
        <semiaxis>6378137.000000</semiaxis>
        <denflat>298.257222</denflat>
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    </horizsys>
    <vertdef>
      <altsys>
        <altdatum>approximate Mean Sea Level as determined by the Prudhoe NOAA tide station</altdatum>
        <altres>0.01</altres>
        <altunits>meters</altunits>
        <altenc>Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates</altenc>
      </altsys>
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  </spref>
  <eainfo>
    <overview>
      <eaover>The data are packaged so that SWAN can be run for each domain either for the hindcast (ERA5) or the historical or projected (CMIP6) periods. Files are available in SWAN-specific file formats (detailed below) and are contained in a single zip file (WaveModel_GridsBathy_BeaufortChukchi.zip). The files are named by region (‘bfrt’ for the Beaufort Sea, ‘chuk’ for the Chukchi Sea, ‘bering’ for the Bering Strait), with a counterclockwise numbering. See browse graphic for the domain extents. The input files consist of the following: DOMAIN.grd: computational grid for the domain where DOMAIN can be bfrt1, bfrt2, bfrt3, chuk1, chuk2, chuk3, chuk4, chuk5, or chuk6 (see graphic for locations). The offshore extent for model domains is roughly defined by the 20 m isobath, whereas the domain length and width vary, depending on the offshore extent of each grid and local shoreline curvature. Nearshore grid size resolution is generally ≤ 200 x 200 m. In the offshore regions, cross- and along-shore grid resolution varies between 300–1000 m and 200–300 m, respectively. DOMAIN.dep: depth file (in meters) for the domain (SWAN depths are positive, the model uses -999 values for inactive cells, relative to approximate local mean sea level. DOMAIN.obt: contains the obstacle definitions and the name of the polygon file. Obstacles are used to resolve barrier islands where the grid resolution is coarse. DOMAIN.pol: polygon file (only for domains bfrt1, bfrt2, bfrt3, chuk1, chuk2, chuk4) MOD_wavecon. DOMAIN_AP_PART: wave condition file, containing the wave and wind conditions for every computational step. MOD can either be ERA5 or CMIP6, AP is either E or C (denoting ERA5 or CMIP6), and PART is the part number (ERA5 consists of 3 parts, each part containing a maximum of 999 conditions, while CMIP6 has 4 parts). The extension of the wavecon file needs to have the same naming convention as the .mdw file so that SWAN can find the file (e.g. ‘chuk6_C4.mdw’ contains the computational steps [TimePoints] 179820- 203940 for which the wave and wind conditions can be found in ‘CMIP6_wavecon.chuk6_C4’).DOMAIN_AP_PART.mdw: master definition file for the wave model. It contains the physics that are to be used, as well as the filenames for grids, depths, the obstacle option if used, timesteps, etc. For more information, see the D-Waves_User_Manual.pdf (available for download here: https://content.oss.deltares.nl/delft3d/manuals/D-Waves_User_Manual.pdf)</eaover>
      <eadetcit>U.S. Geological Survey</eadetcit>
    </overview>
  </eainfo>
  <distinfo>
    <distrib>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>U.S. Geological Survey - CMGDS</cntorg>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing and physical</addrtype>
          <address>2885 Mission Street</address>
          <city>Santa Cruz</city>
          <state>CA</state>
          <postal>95060</postal>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>831-427-4747</cntvoice>
        <cntemail>pcmsc_data@usgs.gov</cntemail>
      </cntinfo>
    </distrib>
    <resdesc>These data are available in SWAN specific file formats and are contained in a single zip file.</resdesc>
    <distliab>Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata, and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.</distliab>
    <stdorder>
      <digform>
        <digtinfo>
          <formname>text files</formname>
          <formvern>SWAN version 41.31</formvern>
          <formcont>Zip file contains files necessary to run SWAN on 11 domains</formcont>
          <filedec>WinZip or archive utility</filedec>
          <transize>66.5</transize>
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        <digtopt>
          <onlinopt>
            <computer>
              <networka>
                <networkr>https://doi.org/10.5066/P931CSO9</networkr>
              </networka>
            </computer>
            <accinstr>Data can be downloaded using the Network_Resource_Name link then scrolling down to the appropriate Simulation Data section.</accinstr>
          </onlinopt>
        </digtopt>
      </digform>
      <fees>None.</fees>
    </stdorder>
    <techpreq>These data can be viewed with any software that reads netCDF files, such as Mathworks MATLAB, Python, Panoply.</techpreq>
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  <metainfo>
    <metd>20241127</metd>
    <metc>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center</cntorg>
          <cntper>PCMSC Science Data Coordinator</cntper>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing and physical</addrtype>
          <address>2885 Mission Street</address>
          <city>Santa Cruz</city>
          <state>CA</state>
          <postal>95060</postal>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>831-427-4747</cntvoice>
        <cntemail>pcmsc_data@usgs.gov</cntemail>
      </cntinfo>
    </metc>
    <metstdn>Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>
    <metstdv>FGDC-STD-001-1998</metstdv>
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