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Global Wave Modeling

Offshore Weather Services utilises an in house WAVEWATCH III model configuration as its main generator of ocean wave predictions. Rather than just using one source of model atmospheric wind field inputs for wave generation, OWS uses up to 6 atmospheric model wind fields for client location prediction analysis. This provides OWS, and more importantly provides clients, with increased forecast confidence.

WAVEWATCH III is a third generation wave model developed at NOAA/NCEP. It is a further development of the model WAVEWATCH I, as developed at Delft University of Technology and WAVEWATCH II, developed at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.