Identification

Title

Directional Waverider Buoy Data

Abstract

This metadata record is for Approval for Access product AfA464. The Environment Agency has many offshore wave buoys and these measure specific attributes of waves that pass through the buoys and they records data every 30 minutes. The Environment Agency currently uses a Directional Waverider buoy, as this is the national standard, however historic datasets and future outputs may come from different types of buoy instruments. The buoys float on the water surface and log data every 30 minutes. Each logged data point is a time-averaged measurement of the waves that have passed through the buoy during the preceding 30 minutes. From measurements of the buoys movement, a spectrum of different wave frequencies is recorded. The buoy also measures or calculates some additional observations or statistical wave parameters including: • significant wave height • wave period • wave direction • directional spread • sea surface temperature. Data are available as a real-time feed as well as download for historic records in either CSV or TXT format via the CEFAS wavenet website. You will be required to register before being able to download historic data. The CEFAS website contains hydrodynamic data from various sources, some of which is not freely available for download. This record relates specifically to Environment Agency Waverider Buoy data hosted on the CEFAS waverider website. The specific waveriders are: • Blakney Waverider • Northwell Waverider • Chapel Point Waverider • Lowestoft Waverider • Felixstowe Waverider • Haysborough Waverider Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2017. All rights reserved.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://www.cefas.co.uk/cefas-data-hub/wavenet/

protocol: https://www.cefas.co.uk/cefas-data-hub/wavenet/

name:

description: Link to CEFAS Website to Download Data

https://support.environment.data.gov.uk/hc/en-gb

protocol: http:

name: DSP_CUSTOMER_FORUM

description: DEFRA Data Services Platform Customer Forum

Unique resource identifier

code

28c3f7f1-87a6-44e6-878e-66b05f3c1d48

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

inlandWaters

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

OpenData

EAbatch2

Keyword set

keyword value

ocean temperature

oceanography

physical oceanography

open sea

sea wave

wave energy

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-0.69398273367042

East bounding longitude

2.462074522899272

North bounding latitude

53.632658980233984

South bounding latitude

51.405894886163935

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/england

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/wales

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2017-02-21

Frequency of update

continual

Quality and validity

Lineage

The Environment Agency currently uses a Directional Waverider buoy, as this is the national standard, however historic datasets and future outputs may come from different types of buoy instruments.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Open format | Comma Separated Values file (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Open Government Licence

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk

web address

https://support.environment.data.gov.uk/hc/en-gb

description: Defra Data Services Forum

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

metadata@environment-agency.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2019-03-18

Metadata language