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Climatological wave height, wave period and wave power along coastal areas of the East Coast of the United States and Gulf of Mexico

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2022

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Aretxabaleta, A.L., Defne, Z., Kalra, T.S., Blanton, B.O., and Ganju, N.K., 2022, Climatological wave height, wave period and wave power along coastal areas of the East Coast of the United States and Gulf of Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9HJ0JIQ.

Summary

This U.S. Geological Survey data release provides data on spatial variations in climatological wave parameters (significant wave height, peak wave period, and wave power) for coastal areas along the United States East Coast and Gulf of Mexico. Significant wave height is the average wave height, from crest to trough, of the highest one-third of the waves in a specific time period. Peak wave period is the wave period associated with the most energetic waves in the wave spectrum in a specific time period. Wave power is the energy per unit length generated by the movement of ocean waves. Climatological wave conditions provide the average forcing that can lead to changes in the coastal environment. For the generation of this dataset, we [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Alfredo Aretxabaleta
Originator :
Alfredo Aretxabaleta, Zafer Defne, Tarandeep S Kalra, Brian O. Blanton, Neil Kamal Ganju
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Data Owner :
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Natural Hazards

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Purpose

Climatological wave data were created to be used in evaluating the spatial variation of the response and resiliency of coastal environments to wave conditions.
Graphic showing climatological wave height along the US East Coast
Graphic showing climatological wave height along the US East Coast

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