Peak Wave Periods in the North and Celtic Seas, 2000-2005

2000-2005 raster datasets of peak wave periods for the Greater North Sea and Celtic Seas, with a 300-meter cell resolution. The layers were built using offshore data from the National Oceanographic Centre's ProWAM model and augmented with a high-resolution DHI Spectral Wave model for coastal areas. The data is provided as GeoTIFF files representing different percentiles, with units in seconds.

Use Cases

• Modeling seabed habitat suitability based on wave energy exposure.
• Analyzing coastal wave climate variability based on percentile wave period layers.
• Validating regional wave models based on the 300-meter resolution data.
• Assessing offshore renewable energy site conditions based on peak wave period statistics.

Strengths

• Covers a six-year period from 2000 to 2005.
• High spatial resolution of 300 meters for coastal areas.
• Provides multiple statistical layers (e.g., 90th, 100th percentiles).
• Integrates data from two wave models (ProWAM and DHI Spectral Wave).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic/temporal bias inherent to the source models.

Provenance

Source

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Collection Method

Modeled data from the National Oceanographic Centre (NOC) ProWAM wave model and a DHI Spectral Wave model.

Time Range

2000-2005

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-14 09:47:44.755488; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Greater North Sea and Celtic Seas