Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) 50 North Atlantic Wave Hindcast

This dataset contains 21 statistics of wind and waves calculated from hourly reanalysis data of historical surface winds and ocean surface waves for the Canadian East Coast for the period 1954-2018 (each statistic has an annual, 4 seasonal, and 12 monthly values). These data can be used for characterization of marine surface wind and wave climate conditions, trends and variability for Canadian waters (East Coast), and for use of coastal and offshore operations/risk management (e.g., oil platforms, shipping). The hourly wind and wave’s data may be obtained upon request from the Meteorological Service of Canada's Climate Services.

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Metadata Record Information

File Identifier
513bcb76-614a-4a54-9bfd-c4369747bdee XML
Date Stamp
2024-01-31T19:41:20
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy Level
Dataset
Author
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 ,
1-800-668-6767
http://ec.gc.ca
 

Data identification

Date (Creation)
2016-10-21
Date (Publication)
2016-10-24
Status
Completed
Metadata language

eng
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Oceans
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Point of contact
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Xiaolan Wang ( Research Scientist )
Canada

Keywords

Keywords

  • Surface (10m) wind speed, wind direction, ocean surface waves, significant wave heights, mean wave period, wave direction

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Climate

ECCC Information Category EN

  • Weather and Climate

Business Functions

  • Provide Climate Information Products and Services

  • Deliver Climate Products and Services to Clients

Geography

  • National (CA)

external.theme.EC_Branch

  • Science and Technology Branch

external.theme.EC_Directorate

  • Atmospheric Science and Technology

external.theme.GC_Security_Level

  • Unclassified
 
Use Limitation

Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada )

Access Constraints
License
Use Constraints
License
Begin Date
1953-01-01
End Date
2018-12-31

Extent

N
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E
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Ref. system Reference Systems

Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:4326 /
 

Distribution

Distribution Formats

Distribution format
  • ZIP ( unknown )

 
Distributor
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 ,
1-800-668-6767
http://ec.gc.ca
 
 

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Keywords

Surface (10m) wind speed, wind direction, ocean surface waves, significant wave heights, mean wave period, wave direction
Business Functions
Deliver Climate Products and Services to Clients Provide Climate Information Products and Services
ECCC Information Category EN
Weather and Climate
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
Climate
external.theme.EC_Branch
Science and Technology Branch
external.theme.EC_Directorate
Atmospheric Science and Technology
external.theme.GC_Security_Level
Unclassified

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