Hindcast
MeteOcean Re-Analysis 1979-2018
MeteOcean group at DICCA has developed an hindcast analysis for the period 1979-2018 for the whole Mediterranean basin with a resolution of 0.1°.
The model chain is forced with the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) data at 0.5° resolution.
The same operational model employed for the forecast has been employed for the hindcast analysis. Validation of the model has been extensively performed (see publications). Output can be provided hourly and can be requested for single points or zonal maps.
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MeteOcean group at DICCA has developed an hindcast analysis for the period 1979-2018 for the whole Mediterranean basin with a resolution of 0.1°.
The model chain is forced with the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) data at 0.5° resolution.
The same operational model employed for the forecast has been employed for the hindcast analysis. Validation of the model has been extensively performed (see publications). Output can be provided hourly and can be requested for single points or zonal maps.
Hindcast grid points are provided in multicolumn ASCII format. Every column corresponds to a different physical parameter and every line is referred to consecutive time steps (1 hour steps from 01/01/1979 till 31/12/2018). Parameters are stored as:
YYYY mm dd HH:MM:SS Hs Tm Tp Dirm Dirp Spread Lm Lp uw vw Hsws Tmws Dirws s1Hs s1Tm s1Dir s2Hs s2Tm s2Dir
YYYY Year
mm month
dd day
HH hour
MM minutes
SS seconds
Hs Significant Wave Height [m]
Tm Mean Period [s]
Tp Peak Period [s]
Dirm Mean Direction [°N]
Dirp Peak Direction [°N]
Spread Directional Spreading [°]
Lm Mean Wavelength [m]
Lp Peak Wavelength [m]
uw West-East Wind Velocity [m/s]
vw South-North Wind Velocity [m/s]
Hsws Wind Waves Significant Height [m]
Tmws Wind Waves Mean Period [s]
Dirws Wind Waves Mean Direction [°N]
s1Hs First Swell Wave Height [m]
s1Tm First Swell Mean Period [s]
s1Dir First Swell Mean Direction [°N]
s2Hs Second Swell Wave Height [m]
s2Tm Second Swell Mean Period [s]
s2Dir Second Swell Mean Direction [°N]
Coastal and ocean engineering applications
MeteOcean group at DICCA has developed an hindcast analysis for the period 1979-2018 for the whole Mediterranean basin with a resolution of 0.1°.
The model chain is forced with the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) data at 0.5° resolution.
The same operational model employed for the forecast has been employed for the hindcast analysis. Validation of the model has been extensively performed (see publications). Output can be provided hourly and can be requested for single points or zonal maps.
Wave climate characterization
MeteOcean group at DICCA has developed an hindcast analysis for the period 1979-2018 for the whole Mediterranean basin with a resolution of 0.1°.
The model chain is forced with the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) data at 0.5° resolution.
The same operational model employed for the forecast has been employed for the hindcast analysis. Validation of the model has been extensively performed (see publications). Output can be provided hourly and can be requested for single points or zonal maps.
Wave energy assessment for renewable energy projects
MeteOcean group at DICCA has developed an hindcast analysis for the period 1979-2018 for the whole Mediterranean basin with a resolution of 0.1°.
The model chain is forced with the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) data at 0.5° resolution.
The same operational model employed for the forecast has been employed for the hindcast analysis. Validation of the model has been extensively performed (see publications). Output can be provided hourly and can be requested for single points or zonal maps.