coastDat – Model Data for Science and Industry

Abstract

The coastDat data set is a compilation of regional meteo-marine hindcasts and scenarios of possible future developments derived from numerical models.The core of the data set comprises high-resolution wind, wind wave and tide-surge hindcasts mostly for the North Sea.Other areas progressively become available.Depending on parameter, the hindcast period covers the last five to six decades of years including the most recent ones.The data set was successfully applied for a variety of scientific as well as more practically oriented applications comprising, for example, naval architecture or offshore wind farms.Here the data set and the history leading to its development are briefly described, validation is reviewed, and an overview about recent uses of the data is provided.Eventually access to the data is briefly sketched.