Dataset for the adjustment of a wave forecasting system for the deep waters of the South Atlantic Ocean and for the southern coast of Brazil, Numerical Wave Experiment in the South of Brazil (NWESB)

Dayanis Montero Borges (1) , Humberto L. Varona (2) , Marcelo Felix Alonso (3)

1 INPE - National Institute for Space Research [Sao José dos Campos] = Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
2 LOFEC - Laboratory of Physical, Coastal and Estuarine Oceanography. Department of Oceanography. GTG. Federal University of Pernambuco. Recife-PE. Brazil
3 Department of Meteorology. Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul. Brazil.

This dataset corresponds to the outputs of the test domains generated by the simulations of the coupled GFS (Global Forecast System) and WAVEWATCH III models in the waters of the South Atlantic Ocean and in waters of the Brazilian Southern during the passage of a cold front and the presence of strong pressure gradient between a low-pressure system and a high-pressure system. In the files generated by WAVEWATCH III, wave fields are presented from 2016-03-25 14:00:00, which is the date from when the model it stabilizes. Also contained in this dataset are the files of the GFS model wind fields, the bathymetry files (eTOPO1) and the files of the bathymetry entries in WAVEWATCH III. All files with suffix 2 correspond to the geographic region 70°W to 4°W longitude and 55°S to 13°S latitude and all files with suffix 3 correspond to the geographic region 70°W at 20°W longitude and 55°S at 13°S latitude.

Mots clés: GFS model; WAVEWATCH model; Cold front; Strong pressure gradient; Wind wave; Swell

Domaines: Physique [physics]; Sciences de l'environnement

Dayanis Montero Borges, Humberto L. Varona, Marcelo Felix Alonso. Dataset for the adjustment of a wave forecasting system for the deep waters of the South Atlantic Ocean and for the southern coast of Brazil, Numerical Wave Experiment in the South of Brazil (NWESB). 2019. ⟨hal-03353445⟩