dataset · Europe
Ocean surface wave indicators for the European coast from 1977 to 2100 derived from climate projections
The dataset presents wave climate indicators based upon ocean surface wave parameters computed for a European-wide domain. This dataset provides an understanding of the European wave climate under the impact of climate change. It provides added value for various coastal sectors and studies such as port, shipping, and coastal management. The ocean surface wave field are computed using the ECMWF's Wave Model (Stand Alone WAM, SAW) forced by surface wind and accounting for ice coverage in polar lat
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Licence: CC-BY-4.0
Evidence quality: 23.4
Listed in cds public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
What's in it
- Data offered docs-verified
- significant wave height · peak wave period
- Coverage docs-verified
- European coastline along the 20 m bathymetric contour · Historical 1976-2005; ERA5 reanalysis 2001-2017; RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 2041-2100
- Resolution docs-verified
- Coastal grid points: 30 km
- Update frequency docs-verified
- No updates expected
- Formats docs-verified
- NetCDF-4
- Access docs-verified
- CC-BY licence
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Port and breakwater design: wave climate inputs for coastal structures · Coastal erosion and flood assessment: future wave climate under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 compared with the historical baseline · Event review: ERA5-forced wave conditions for past storms
- Audience llm-inferred
- coastal engineers · port and marine engineers · coastal flood risk consultants · climate adaptation planners
Limitations
- Constraints llm-inferred
- Point data at coastal grid points (30 km), not full-domain gridded fields · Future scenarios rely on a single EURO-CORDEX member (HIRHAM5 downscaled from EC-EARTH) for wind forcing · Title states 1977 onward, but the docs give the historical period as 1976 to 2005 · Docs state no updates are expected
Evidence
- https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/catalogue/v1/collections/sis-ocean-wave-indicators
- https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/datasets/sis-ocean-wave-indicators
Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.