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Author: Hendrik L. Tolman Point of contact: NCEP.EMC.waves@NOAA.gov Last update: September 01, 2006

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This web page gives access to animations of continuous hindcasts with the most recent model version. These hindcasts have been run after the fact with archived wind and ice fields. The entire data set has been (re-) generated with WAVEWATCH III version 2.22 (see changes page). Presented are the wave heights (Hs) and peak periods (Tp) at three hour intervals. The animations start with a cold start of the model, and thus the first month(s) show the model spin-up behavior. Particularly, the period maps for the global model for Feb. 1997, shows that the global model needs approximately 2 weeks to spin up its Pacific swell properly. Corresponding binary wind and wave data (including peak directions) are available at the ftp site at three hour intervals.   WARNING: The animation files are 3 to 6 Mb in size. It will take considerable time to download such a file, depending on the speed of your internet connection. It may be worth while to download the files to local resources before viewing them.

Global Model

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Alaskan Waters model

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Western North Atlantic model

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North Atlantic Hurricane Wave model

Year	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Year
2000	-- --	-- --	-- --	-- --	-- --	-- --	-- --	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	-- --	-- --	2000
2001	-- --	-- --	-- --	-- --	-- --	hs tp	-- --	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	2001
2002	-- --	-- --	-- --	-- --	-- --	-- --	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	-- --	-- --	2002
2003	-- --	-- --	-- --	-- --	-- --	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	2003
2004	-- --	-- --	-- --	-- --	-- --	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	2004
2005	-- --	-- --	-- --	-- --	-- --	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	2005
2006	-- --	-- --	-- --	-- --	-- --	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	-- --	2006
2007	-- --	-- --	-- --	-- --	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	hs tp	2007

Remarks: For 2000 and 2001, these hurricane archive data were obtained with reduced time resolution wind fields from a partial archive of GFDL winds and should therefore be considered mostly as illustration. Data for several months are not presented here as no hurricanes occured in these months. For 2002, hourly wind fields have been used, and the archive has been generated using the full NCEP archive. Starting with the 2003 hurricane season, this archive is generated automatically like for all other models.

North Pacific Hurricane Wave Model

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Unlike for the NAH model, this archive is generated automatically from its inception.

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