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    • WaveWatch III (WW3) Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) Regional Wave Model

    Metadata Updated: August 27, 2024

    Through a collaborative effort with NOAA/NCEP and NWS Honolulu, the University of Hawaii has implemented a global-scale WaveWatch III (WW3) model (ww3_global), which in turn provides boundary conditions for this Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) regional WW3: a 7-day model with a 5-day hourly forecast at approximately 5-km or 0.05-deg resolution. The primary purpose of this regional model is to capture island effects such as island shadowing, refraction, and accurate modeling of local wind waves. NWHI WW3 is forced with winds from the University of Hawaii Meteorology Department's operational mesoscale model, which has a more suitable spatial resolution than the global scale wind field. While considerable effort has been made to implement all model components in a thorough, correct, and accurate manner, numerous sources of error are possible. As such, please use these data with the caution appropriate for any ocean related activity.

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    Metadata Date August 24, 2024
    Metadata Created Date April 30, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date August 27, 2024
    Reference Date(s) October 2, 2014 (creation), October 2, 2014 (issued), January 5, 2015 (revision)
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    Harvested from ioos

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date August 24, 2024
    Metadata Created Date April 30, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date August 27, 2024
    Reference Date(s) October 2, 2014 (creation), October 2, 2014 (issued), January 5, 2015 (revision)
    Responsible Party University of Hawaii at Manoa (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid ww3_nwhi
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    Frequency Of Update
    Graphic Preview Description Sample image.
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    Harvest Object Id 73dda390-0d5d-43ec-a37a-717427aa4099
    Harvest Source Id 54e15a6e-6dde-4c9c-a8f0-345cc0dfccfb
    Harvest Source Title ioos
    Licence
    Lineage 2014-10-02T00:00:00Z New dataset. 2015-01-05T00:00:00Z Model grid modified; aggregation now begins at 2014-12-20T21:00:00Z.
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Spatial Data Service Type THREDDS OPeNDAP
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2014-12-20T21:00:00Z
    Temporal Extent End 2024-08-30T18:00:00Z

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