Tuvalu Wave Hindcast

Date created: 23 February 2023

The dataset is a 44-year hindcast (1979-2022) of the wave conditions in Tuvalu using the unstructured version of the third-generation wave model Simulating Waves Nearshore (UnSWAN).

The model domain covers the area between 174.5˚E and 181.5˚W and between 11.5˚S and 4.5˚S. The spatial resolution of the flexible mesh ranges from 20 km offshore, in deep water, to 300 m nearshore, in shallow water. The mesh was generated using OceanMesh2D, a MATLAB based software package for two-dimensional unstructured mesh generation (Roberts et al., 2019). The model was forced with 1-hourly spectral wave boundary conditions and 10 m winds from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Reanalysis v5 (ERA5). A detailed description of the model can be found in Wandres et al. (2023).

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Data and Resources

Rating
Identifier 24c0f707-f58f-4a7a-9cd1-00a1dd625eda
Issued 2023-01-04
Modified 2023-04-25
Language English
DCAT Type Service
Source https://pccos.spc.int/ocean-catalogue/tuvalu-wave-hindcast
Temporal Coverage From 1979-01-01
Temporal Coverage To 2022-12-31
Publisher Name SPC