This dataset has been extracted as part of an exercise to assemble "all" Cefas
Temperature Data and publish it in a Data paper. It is one of 17 Cefas data
sources assembled. WaveNet, Defra's strategic wave monitoring network for the
United Kingdom, provides a single source of real-time wave data from a network
of wave buoys located in areas at risk from flooding. In operation since 2002,
WaveNet collects and processes data from the Cefas-operated Datawell
Directional Waverider buoys, tethered at strategic locations around the UK
coastline. The WaveNet system also gathers wave data from a variety of third
party platforms and programmes (industry and public sector-funded), all of
which are freely available for visualisation on the WaveNet website:
Significant wave hight in metres, Water temperature in degree Celsius,
Dominant (peak) wave periods in seconds, Average (zero crossing) wave periods
in second, Dominant (peak) wave directions in degrees, Wave spread in degrees,
Notional sensor depth = 0.45m
