GUIDE WAVE ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING - WMO

TABLE 6.2
Numerical wave models operated by national Meteorological Services
Country Name of model Area Grid Type of model Products Source of wind information
AUSTRALIA WAM Global 3° x 3° Deep water, Forecasts (+12 to +48 h), significant wave, Australian global NWP model, GASP
lat./long. coupled spectral swell and wind-sea height, period, direction
WAM Australian region 1° x 1° Forecasts (+12 to +36 h) Australian regional NWP model RASP
80°E–180°, 0°–60°S lat./long.
CANADA Canadian Spectral North Atlantic Coarse mesh Deep water, 4-panel charts (t + 0, 12, 24, 36) plots of swell Regional Finite Element (RFE) model
Ocean Wave Model (1.08° long.) 1st generation height and period, wind-wave height and period, surface wind applicable at 10 m level
(CSOWM) transverse spectral surface wind speed and direction, contours of
Mercator significant wave height
CSOWM North Pacific Coarse mesh Deep water, 4-panel charts (t + 0, 12, 24, 36) plots of swell Global spectral model 1 000 hPa winds
(1.08° long.) 1st generation height and period, wind-wave height and period,
transverse spectral surface wind speed and direction, contours of
Mercator significant wave height
OPERATIONAL WAVE MODELS 77
EUROPE WAM Global 1.5° x 1.5° Deep/shallow water 2-D spectra, significant wave height, mean direction, Surface winds (10 m) from ECMWF
(EU) lat./long. modes, coupled peak period of 1-D spectra, mean wave period. T+0 analyses and forecasts
spectral to T+120 at 6-h intervals; T+132 to T+240 at 12-h
intervals. Outputs coded into FM 92-X Ext. GRIB
WAM Baltic and 0.25° x 0.25° Same as global model except for T+0 to T+120 at
Mediterranean lat./long. 6-h intervals
FRANCE VAGMED Western 35 km polar Deep water, coupled Forecast every 3 h up to 48 h. Maps of wave Wind fields from the fine mesh model
Mediterranean stereographic at discrete model height contours with swell and wind-sea directions. PERIDOT
Sea 60°N Directional spectra (telex). Archive of analysed
2-D spectra and of forecast height fields
VAGATLA North Atlantic 150 km polar Deep water, coupled Forecasts every 6 h up to 48 h. Maps of wave Wind fields from EMERAUDE model
stereographic at discrete model, height contours with swell and wind-sea directions.
60°N 2nd generation Directional spectra (telex). Archive of analysed
2-D spectra and of forecast height fields
GERMANY Deutscher Atlantic, north of Deep water, coupled Prognoses for 6 h, then at 12-h intervals to 96 h BKF model, 950 hPa level, diagnostically
Wetterdienst 15°N hybrid run twice daily, verification only interpolated for about 20 m above sea
AMT für North-east Atlantic, 50 km Continental shelf (1) Maps of wave and swell direction for south Reduced wind components of geopotential
Wehrgeophysik southern Norwegian of North Sea, Norwegian Sea and North Sea – 24 h prognoses fields at 1 000 hPa from meteorological
Sea, North Sea coupled hybrid (2) Wind direction and velocity, significant wave forecast model 7-LPE
height, swell height, wave period, swell period –
24 h hindcast and forecast for nine geographic
positions