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WaveNet

The Defra strategic wave monitoring network for England and Wales will provide a single source of real time wave data from a network of wave buoys located in areas at risk from flooding. Data from this network will be used to improve the management of flood and coastal erosion risk for which Defra has policy responsibility. WaveNet will be managed by the WaveNet steering group.

The data will be used by Flood Managers, Local Authorities, Consultants, and other stakeholders in order to assess flood risk and on a longer timescale will be to help design improved flood defence schemes and to provide data for climate change studies. The wave data will be also be used to validate the Met Office wave model which is run 4 times daily.

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Temporal coverage 7/3/2000
Geographic coverage Overseas, United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
Precision Reviewed as per QA procedures
Update frequency Hourly
Temporal granularity hour
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This dataset has a permanent URI: http://data.gov.uk//dataset/wavenet