Wave Height Percentiles for the Greater North Sea and Celtic Seas (2000-2005)

GeoTiff datasets of significant wave height calculated for the period 2000-2005 with a raster cell size of 300 meters. Layers represent different percentiles, from the 90th percentile to the maximum (100th percentile) wave height, with units in meters. The data was produced for the EMODnet Seabed Habitats project by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, combining a 12.5km offshore wave model with a high-resolution coastal model.

Use Cases

• Modeling coastal erosion risk based on percentile wave height values.
• Assessing seabed habitat suitability for marine species based on wave energy exposure.
• Calibrating regional wave models using the high-resolution (300m) coastal data.
• Analyzing extreme wave climate for offshore infrastructure planning based on maximum (100th percentile) values.

Strengths

• Covers a six-year time range from 2000 to 2005.
• Provides high-resolution (300m) wave data for coastal areas, augmenting a coarser 12.5km offshore model.
• Includes multiple statistical layers, such as the 90th and 100th percentiles, for analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset's size and row count are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2026-04-14 09:47:44.439717; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Joint Nature Conservation Committee for the EMODnet Seabed Habitats project.

Collection Method

Built using data from the National Oceanographic Centre (NOC) ProWAM wave model offshore and a high-resolution DHI Spectral Wave model for coastal areas.

Time Range

2000-2005

Geography

Greater North Sea and Celtic Seas