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    • Wave Power Maximum Monthly Climatological Mean, 1979-2013 - Hawaii

    Metadata Updated: December 8, 2023

    Wave power is a major environmental forcing mechanism in Hawaii that influences a number of marine ecosystem processes including coral reef community development, structure, and persistence. By driving mixing of the upper water column, wave forcing can also play a role in nutrient availability and ocean temperature reduction during warming events. Wave forcing in Hawaii is highly seasonal, with winter months typically experiencing far greater wave power than that experienced during the summer months. This layer represents the maximum monthly climatological mean of wave power (kW/m) from 1979-2013. Data were obtained from the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UH) School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) SWAN model (Simulating WAves Nearshore) following Li et al. (2016).

    Hourly 500-m SWAN model runs of wave power were converted to maximum daily wave power from 1979-2013 and then averaged over each month from 1979-2013, creating a monthly time series from which monthly climatologies were made. Pixels were removed directly adjacent to coastlines owing to the model being too coarse to handle extreme refraction and dissipation. Nearshore map pixels with no data were filled with values from the nearest neighboring valid offshore pixel by using a grid of points and the Near Analysis tool in ArcGIS then converting points to raster.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Date August 2, 2021
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 8, 2023
    Reference Date(s) March 14, 2017 (creation), March 14, 2017 (issued), March 14, 2017 (revision)
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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date August 2, 2021
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 8, 2023
    Reference Date(s) March 14, 2017 (creation), March 14, 2017 (issued), March 14, 2017 (revision)
    Responsible Party National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) (Point of Contact)
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