Li H. Erikson Mark Hemer Ian Young Xiaochun Wang Nobuhito Mori T. Shimura Justin Stopa Claire Trenham Lorenzo Mentaschi S. Gulev V.D. Sharmar L. Bricheno Judy Wolf Ole Aarnes Paula Camus J Bidlot A. Semedo B. Reguero T. Wahl Joao Morim 2022 <div id="Abs1-section" class="c-article-section"><div id="Abs1-content" class="c-article-section__content"><p>There are numerous global ocean wave reanalysis and hindcast products currently being distributed and used across different scientific fields. However, there is not a consistent dataset that can sample across all existing products based on a standardized framework. Here, we present and describe the first coordinated multi-product ensemble of present-day global wave fields available to date. This dataset, produced through the Coordinated Ocean Wave Climate Project (COWCLIP) phase 2, includes general and extreme statistics of significant wave height (<i>H</i>_<i>s</i>), mean wave period (<i>T</i>_<i>m</i>) and mean wave direction (<i>θ</i>_<i>m</i>) computed across 1980–2014, at different frequency resolutions (monthly, seasonally, and annually). This coordinated global ensemble has been derived from fourteen state-of-the-science global wave products obtained from different atmospheric reanalysis forcing and downscaling methods. This data set has been processed, under a specific framework for consistency and quality, following standard Data Reference Syntax, Directory Structures and Metadata specifications. This new comprehensive dataset provides support to future broad-scale analysis of historical wave climatology and variability as well as coastal risk and vulnerability assessments across offshore and coastal engineering applications.</p></div></div><div id="Abs2-section" class="c-article-section"><div id="Abs2-content" class="c-article-section__content"><br></div></div> application/pdf 10.1038/s41597-022-01459-3 en Nature A global ensemble of ocean wave climate statistics from contemporary wave reanalysis and hindcasts article