North Sea Wave Database: Spectral Metocean Conditions 2012-2017

Six years of spectral metocean data for the North Sea, covering 2012 to 2017. The dataset contains Significant Wave Height (HSIGN) and wave energy period (TMM10) measurements in meters and seconds. It was produced by Dr. George Lavidas at Delft University of Technology under the WAVREP project, funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme.

Use Cases

• Wave energy resource assessment based on Significant Wave Height and wave energy period data.
• Offshore structure design and load analysis based on multi-year spectral wave conditions.
• Climate and oceanographic modeling based on a validated, long-term wave database for the North Sea region.

Strengths

• Data is accompanied by two peer-reviewed publications detailing calibration, validation, and production methodologies.
• Spatial resolution is specified as 0.025 degrees in latitude and longitude.
• Dataset has a defined temporal coverage of six years (2012-2017).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Delft University of Technology, WAVREP project (Horizon 2020 grant agreement No 787344).

Collection Method

Produced by Dr. George Lavidas; methodologies, calibration, and validation are described in referenced publications.

Time Range

2012-2017

Geography

North Sea, with a latitude starting coordinate of 50 degrees and longitude of 0 degrees.