WW3 Comparison - NCOF - The National Centre for Ocean Forecasting

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WW3 Forecast Comparison

The first animation pane presents the 5-day forecast from the global operational wave model. Contours show Hs and arrows show relative contribution and direction of wind sea and swell waves. Second animation pane shows the same 5-day forecast from WaveWatchIII. Contours show Hs and arrows show magnitude and direction of Hs. The third animation shows the Hs anomaly, calculated as global Hs - WW3 Hs.

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North atlantic wave forecast image colorbar WW3 Image Anomaly