'''Short description:'''

The IBI-MFC provides a high-resolution wave reanalysis product for the Iberia-Biscay-Ireland (IBI) area starting in 01/01/1993 and being regularly extended on a yearly basis. The model system is run by Nologin with the support of CESGA in terms of supercomputing resources.

The Multi-Year model configuration is based on the MFWAM model developed by Météo-France (MF), covering the same region as the IBI-MFC Near Real Time (NRT) analysis and forecasting product, but with an enhanced horizontal resolution (1/36º instead of 1/20º). The system assimilates significant wave height (SWH) altimeter data and wave spectral data (Envisat and CFOSAT), supplied by MF. Both, the MY and the NRT products, are fed by ECMWF hourly winds. Specifically, the MY system is forced by the ERA5 reanalysis wind data. As boundary conditions, the NRT system uses the 2D wave spectra from the Copernicus Marine GLOBAL forecast system, whereas the MY system is nested to the GLOBAL reanalysis.

The product offers hourly instantaneous fields of different wave parameters, including Wave Height, Period and Direction for total spectrum; fields of Wind Wave (or wind sea), Primary Swell Wave and Secondary Swell for partitioned wave spectra; and the highest wave variables, such as maximum crest height and maximum crest-to-trough height. Additionally, climatological parameters of significant wave height (VHM0) and zero -crossing wave period (VTM02) are delivered for the time interval 1993-2016.

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'''DOI (Product)''':

https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00030