Marine Institute Buoy Wave Forecast by Kaggle | Environmental and Climate Sciences

About this Dataset

Marine Institute Buoy Wave Forecast

Significant Wave Heights, Mean Wave Periods, and Wave Power Data

By data.gov.ie [source]

About this dataset

This dataset contains wave climate forecasts sourced from the Marine Institute weather and wave buoy locations, giving insight into the potential size, direction, power and frequency of waves. This data can inform individuals who will be traversing or working in these areas of the sea about their environment. By examining significant wave height, mean wave period, mean wave direction, and other values researchers can gain a better understanding of how weather and ocean dynamics interact to shape our seas. Further still this data could reveal patterns in storms or ocean conditions that have not yet been discovered; further pushing our knowledge of this wide expanse that we call home

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How to use the dataset

This dataset provides wave climate forecasts for Marine Institute weather and wave buoy locations. It includes information on significant wave height, mean wave period, mean wave direction,wave power per unit crest length and energy period data. With this dataset you can analyze the sea state of coastal areas in order to analyze different marine activities such as shipping or leisure activities.

Here are some steps you can follow to get started with this dataset:

Read through the columns available and decide what information is relevant for your analysis.

Download the csv file of the dataset by clicking 'Download (CSV)' button provided on top right margin of this page.

Open up the csv file using Excel or other spreadsheet software to better view & understand what data it contains .

Now use tools like Python, Excel formulas & visualization tools such as Tableau / PowerBI in order to dive deep into analysising this dataset and uncover useful insights about particular buoys & patterns.

You may want to look at things like: What is the typical relationship between peak period and energy period for a given buoy? Is there any correlation between significant wave height and mean direction at a certain time of year? Which buoys have highest significant wave heights? etc.

Research Ideas

Creating visualization and interactive maps of wave climate forecasts to help coastal communities prepare for and respond to hazardous sea conditions.

Developing predictive models of the wave climate at buoys, based on latitude, longitude, energy period and other conditions.

Monitoring wave conditions over various points in time in order to better understand how weather affects the local marine environment, with a view to adapting ports or planning more efficient routes for shipping vessels

Acknowledgements

If you use this dataset in your research, please credit the original authors.
Data Source

License

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) - Public Domain Dedication
No Copyright - You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. See Other Information.

Columns

File: download-csv-1.csv

Column name	Description
time	The time of the forecast. (Date/Time)
longitude	The longitude of the buoy location. (Numeric)
latitude	The latitude of the buoy location. (Numeric)
significant_wave_height	The significant wave height at the buoy location (measuring from trough to crest in metres). (Numeric)
mean_wave_period	The mean period at the buoy location (time taken for one complete wave cycle measured in seconds). (Numeric)
mean_wave_direction	The mean wave direction at the buoy location (in ° true north measured from 0° to 360°). (Numeric)
wave_power_per_unit_crest_length	Wave power per unit crest length measured in kW/m. (Numeric)
peak_period	Peak period used as an indicator of dominant wave type measuring time between 2 consecutive waves crests or troughs, typically a few seconds shorter than mean period. (Numeric)
energy_period	Energy contribution quantifying contribution of higher frequency over 8 second periods. (Numeric)

Acknowledgements

If you use this dataset in your research, please credit the original authors.
If you use this dataset in your research, please credit data.gov.ie.

Tables

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CREATE TABLE download_1 (
  "index" BIGINT,
  "time" VARCHAR,
  "longitude" VARCHAR,
  "latitude" VARCHAR,
  "stationid" VARCHAR,
  "significant_wave_height" VARCHAR,
  "mean_wave_period" VARCHAR,
  "mean_wave_direction" VARCHAR,
  "wave_power_per_unit_crest_length" VARCHAR,
  "peak_period" VARCHAR,
  "energy_period" VARCHAR
);