Wave model input files

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Citation_Information:

Originator: Anita Engelstad
Originator: Li H. Erikson
Originator: Ann E. Gibbs
Originator: Kees Nederhoff
Publication_Date: 20240312
Title: Wave model input files
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: various
Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI: 10.5066/P931CSO9

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place:

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, California

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P931CSO9
Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Anita Engelstad
Originator: Li H. Erikson
Originator: Borja G. Reguero
Originator: Ann E. Gibbs
Originator: Kees Nederhoff
Publication_Date: 2024
Title:

Nearshore wave time-series along the coast of Alaska computed with a numerical wave model

Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI: 10.5066/P931CSO9

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place:

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, California

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Other_Citation_Details:

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: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P931CSO9.

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P931CSO9

Description:

Abstract:

Provided here are the required input files to run a standalone wave model (Simulating Waves WAves Nearshore [SWAN]; Booij and others, 1999) on eleven model domains from the Canada-U.S. border to Norton Sound, Alaska to create a downscaled wave database (DWDB). The DWDB, in turn, can be used to reconstruct hindcast (1979-2019) and projected (2020-2050) 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. For these sea states, hourly time-series of wave heights, mean wave periods, and mean incident wave directions, wind speed and wind direction were first extracted from the ERA5 reanalysis (Hersbach and others, 2020; https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/cdsapp#!/home) for the hindcast period (1979–2019) and 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). Sea states were selected using a multivariant maximum-dissimilarity algorithm (MDA) which determined representative combinations of significant wave heights, mean wave periods, mean wave directions, wind speeds, and wind directions (for more details see Engelstad and others, 2024). The model output can be used to reconstruct time series at each grid point. 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.

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.

Supplemental_Information:

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).

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 2020
Ending_Date: 2022

Currentness_Reference: years in which the data were created

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: none

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -168.500
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -139.990
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 71.4788
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 62.1813

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:1e4993d4-d421-470c-8abf-f46c9ef3f519

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)
Theme_Keyword: Hazards Planning
Theme_Keyword: Ocean Waves

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: environment

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: coastal processes
Theme_Keyword: Ocean Waves
Theme_Keyword: Climate Change
Theme_Keyword: Mathematical modeling
Theme_Keyword: Effects of climate change
Theme_Keyword: Earth sciences
Theme_Keyword: Mathematical modeling

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords
Theme_Keyword: numerical modeling
Theme_Keyword: waves
Theme_Keyword: coastal processes

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Data Categories for Marine Planning
Theme_Keyword: Distributions
Theme_Keyword: Predictions

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
Theme_Keyword: CMHRP
Theme_Keyword: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: PCMSC

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Place_Keyword: Chukchi Sea
Place_Keyword: State of Alaska
Place_Keyword: Bering Strait
Place_Keyword: Norton Sound

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Beaufort Sea

Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:

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.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Contact_Person: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pcmsc_data@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: WaveModel_Domains.jpg
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Satellite image showing the extent of the available model domains.

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: jpg

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

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.

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Nico Booij
Originator: Roeland Ris
Originator: Leo Holthuijsen
Publication_Date: 1999
Title:

A third-generation wave model for coastal regions; I- Model description and validation

Other_Citation_Details:

Booij, N., Ris, R. C., and Holthuijsen, L. H., 1999, A third-generation wave model for coastal regions. I- Model description and validation: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 104, p. 7649–7666.

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.1029/98jc02622

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Paula Camus
Originator: Fernando J. Méndez
Originator: Raúl Medina
Publication_Date: 2011
Title:

A hybrid efficient method to downscale wave climate to coastal areas

Other_Citation_Details:

Camus, P., Mendez, F., Medina, R., 2011, A hybrid efficient method to downscale wave climate to coastal areas: Coastal Engineering, v. 58, p 851-862.

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2011.05.007

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Citation_Information:

Originator: Coastal Frontiers Corporation
Publication_Date: 2014
Title:

Suspended sediment dispersal during the Liberty Development construction

Other_Citation_Details:

Coastal Frontiers Corporation, 2014, Suspended sediment dispersal during the Liberty Development construction: Report prepared for BP Exploration, Anchorage, AK, 60 pp.

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Citation_Information:

Originator: Anita C. Engelstad
Originator: Li H. Erikson
Originator: Borja G. Reguero
Originator: Ann E. Gibbs
Originator: Kees Nederhoff
Publication_Date: 2024
Title:

Database and Time Series of Nearshore Waves Along the Alaskan Coast from the United States-Canada Border to the Bering Sea

Other_Citation_Details:

Engelstad, A.C., Erikson, L.H., Reguero, B.G., Gibbs, A.E., and Nederhoff, K., 2024, Database and time series of nearshore waves along the Alaskan coast from the United States-Canada border to the Bering Sea: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2023–1094, 23 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20231094.

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20231094

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: eTrac Inc.
Publication_Date: 2018
Title:

464169 – Barrow Coastal Erosion Singlebeam Hydrographic Survey

Other_Citation_Details:

eTrac Inc., 2018, Summary Report prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), 464169 – Barrow Coastal Erosion Singlebeam Hydrographic Survey, Alaska district

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OCM Partners, 2023: 2019 USACE NCMP Topobathy Lidar: Alaska, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Online_Linkage: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/59331

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Kasper, J., Jump, S., and Duvoy, P., 2019, Central Beaufort Sea wave and hydrodynamic modeling study 2018 Field Report: UAF Cooperative Agreement M17AC00020/ USGS CFDA No. 15.423.

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Variability of multivariate wave climate in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Originator: Dempsey S. Thieman
Originator: Ajay Sampath
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Title:

North Slope trends in sea level, storm frequency, duration and intensity

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Citation_Information:

Originator: Craig E. Tweedie
Originator: Stephen Escarzaga
Originator: William F. Manley
Originator: Gabriela Tarin
Originator: Allison Gaylord
Publication_Date: 2016
Title:

Near-shore bathymetric sounding points for Elson Lagoon and Chukchi Sea, BarrowRegion, northern Alaska

Other_Citation_Details:

Tweedie, C.E., Escarzaga, S., Manley, W.F., Tarin, W.F., Gaylord, A., 2016, Near-shore bathymetric sounding points for Elson Lagoon and Chukchi Sea, Barrow, Annual Shorelines for the Barrow Region, northern Alaska, for 2013 to 2015: Barrow Area Information Database (BAID), Digital Media

Online_Linkage: http://barrowmapped.org

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

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 is for 3 regions where newer and more accurate bathymetric data were used (see Process Step below).

Logical_Consistency_Report:

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.

Completeness_Report:

Dataset is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

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 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)

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

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.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: IBCAO Version 4.0 Compilation Group
Publication_Date: 2020
Title:

The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) Version 4.0.

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: netCDF files
Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: online
Publisher:

British Oceanographic Data Centre, National Oceanography Centre, NERC, UK

Online_Linkage:

https://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/gridded_bathymetry_data/arctic_ocean/

Type_of_Source_Media: online database
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2020

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: IBCAO
Source_Contribution:

gridded continuous terrain model covering land and ocean in the Arctic region

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Li H. Erikson
Originator: Ann E. Gibbs
Originator: Bruce M. Richmond
Originator: Benjamin M. Jones
Originator: Curt D. Storlazzi
Originator: Karin Ohman
Publication_Date: 2020
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

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: geoTIFF
Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: online
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9LGYO2Q

Type_of_Source_Media: online database
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19480101
Ending_Date: 20110701

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition at time data were collected

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: DEM Arey Lagoon
Source_Contribution: digital elevation model around Arey Lagoon, Alaska

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Copernicus Climate Change Service
Publication_Date: 2017
Title:

ERA5: Fifth generation of ECMWF atmospheric reanalyses of the global climate

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: NetCDF
Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: online
Publisher: Copernicus Climate Change Service Climate Data Store

Online_Linkage: https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/cdsapp#!/home

Type_of_Source_Media: online database
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19790101
Ending_Date: 20191231

Source_Currentness_Reference: period for which data was obtained

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ERA5
Source_Contribution: wave data used to derive sea states for hindcast

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Li Erikson
Originator: Liv Herdman
Originator: Chris Flanary
Originator: Anita Engelstad
Originator: Prasad Pusuluri
Originator: Patrick Barnard
Originator: Curt Storlazzi
Originator: Mike Beck
Originator: Borja Reguero
Originator: Kai Parker
Publication_Date: 2022
Title:

Ocean wave time-series simulated with a global-scale numerical wave model under the influence of projected CMIP6 wind and sea ice fields

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: NetCDF
Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: online
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KR0RFM

Type_of_Source_Media: online database
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20200101
Ending_Date: 20501231

Source_Currentness_Reference: period covered by model

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: WW3
Source_Contribution: wave data used to derive sea states for hindcast

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Alexander G. Snyder
Originator: Cordell D. Johnson
Originator: Ann E. Gibbs
Originator: Li H. Erikson
Publication_Date: 2021
Title:

Nearshore bathymetry data from the Unalakleet River mouth, Alaska, 2019

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: comma-delimited text
Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: online
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9238F8K

Type_of_Source_Media: online database
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20190709
Ending_Date: 20190712

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition at time data were collected

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: bathymetry
Source_Contribution: bathymetry data at the mouth of the Unalakleet River, Alaska

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

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.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: IBCAO
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: DEM Arey Lagoon
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: bathymetry
Process_Date: 20210714

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

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).

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: ERA5
Process_Date: 20210714

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Obtained CMIP6 wave time-series from WW3 runs (Erikson and others, 2022) for six 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.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: WW3
Process_Date: 20220304

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Indirect_Spatial_Reference: The model files included are for the SWAN model.

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.1
Longitude_Resolution: 0.001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Datum_Name:

approximate Mean Sea Level as determined by the Prudhoe NOAA tide station

Altitude_Resolution: 0.01
Altitude_Distance_Units: meters
Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

The data is packaged so that SWAN can be run for each domain either for the hindcast (ERA5) or the projected (CMIP6) period. 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)

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: U.S. Geological Survey

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey - CMGDS

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pcmsc_data@usgs.gov

Resource_Description:

These data are available in SWAN specific file formats and are contained in a single zip file.

Distribution_Liability:

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.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: text files
Format_Version_Number: SWAN version 41.31
Format_Information_Content: Zip file contains files necessary to run SWAN on 11 domains
File_Decompression_Technique: WinZip or archive utility
Transfer_Size: 66.5

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/P931CSO9

Access_Instructions:

Data can be downloaded using the Network_Resource_Name link then scrolling down to the appropriate Simulation Data section.

Fees: None.

Technical_Prerequisites:

These data can be viewed with any software that reads netCDF files, such as Mathworks MATLAB, Python, Panoply.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20240312
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Contact_Person: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pcmsc_data@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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