High Resolution Ocean Surface Wave Hindcast (US Wave) Data
The development of this dataset was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Water Power Technologies Office to improve our understanding of the U.S. wave energy resource and to provide critical information for wave energy project development and wave energy converter design. This high resolution publicly available long-term wave hindcast dataset will - when complete - cover the entire U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Available data includes the Hawaiian Islands, West and Atlantic coasts, Atlantic coasts, and Gulf of Mexico/Puerto Rico with future additions including the Freely associated States. The data can be used to investigate the historical record of wave statistics at any U.S. site. As such, the dataset could also be of value to any entity with marine operations inside the U.S. EEZ.
These data are available for download without login credentials through the free and publicly accessible Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI) data viewer which allows users to browse and download individual or groups of files.
Citation Formats
TY - DATA
AB - The development of this dataset was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Water Power Technologies Office to improve our understanding of the U.S. wave energy resource and to provide critical information for wave energy project development and wave energy converter design. This high resolution publicly available long-term wave hindcast dataset will - when complete - cover the entire U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Available data includes the Hawaiian Islands, West and Atlantic coasts, Atlantic coasts, and Gulf of Mexico/Puerto Rico with future additions including the Freely associated States. The data can be used to investigate the historical record of wave statistics at any U.S. site. As such, the dataset could also be of value to any entity with marine operations inside the U.S. EEZ.
These data are available for download without login credentials through the free and publicly accessible Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI) data viewer which allows users to browse and download individual or groups of files.
AU - Yang, Zhaoqing
A2 - Neary, Vince
A3 - Kilcher, Levi
A4 - Lawson, Mike
DB - Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO - 10.15473/1647329
KW - MHK
KW - Marine
KW - Hydrokinetic
KW - Wave Energy
KW - power
KW - energy
KW - wave
KW - resource
KW - geospatial data
KW - Hindcast
KW - model
KW - U.S. EEZ
KW - EEZ
KW - Exclusive Economic Zone
KW - characterization
KW - blue economy
KW - Powering the Blue Economy
KW - HDF5
KW - offshore
KW - WIND
KW - aquaculture
KW - environment
KW - surface wave
KW - ocean
KW - WEC
KW - high resolution
KW - Marine Energy Resource Assessment and Characterization
KW - PacWave
LA - English
DA - 2020/07/01
PY - 2020
PB - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
T1 - High Resolution Ocean Surface Wave Hindcast (US Wave) Data
UR - https://doi.org/10.15473/1647329
ER -
Yang, Zhaoqing, et al. High Resolution Ocean Surface Wave Hindcast (US Wave) Data. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1 July, 2020, Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.15473/1647329.
Yang, Z., Neary, V., Kilcher, L., & Lawson, M. (2020). High Resolution Ocean Surface Wave Hindcast (US Wave) Data. [Data set]. Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.15473/1647329
Yang, Zhaoqing, Vince Neary, Levi Kilcher, and Mike Lawson. High Resolution Ocean Surface Wave Hindcast (US Wave) Data. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, July, 1, 2020. Distributed by Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.15473/1647329
@misc{MHKDR_Dataset_326,
title = {High Resolution Ocean Surface Wave Hindcast (US Wave) Data},
author = {Yang, Zhaoqing and Neary, Vince and Kilcher, Levi and Lawson, Mike},
abstractNote = {The development of this dataset was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency \& Renewable Energy, Water Power Technologies Office to improve our understanding of the U.S. wave energy resource and to provide critical information for wave energy project development and wave energy converter design. This high resolution publicly available long-term wave hindcast dataset will - when complete - cover the entire U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Available data includes the Hawaiian Islands, West and Atlantic coasts, Atlantic coasts, and Gulf of Mexico/Puerto Rico with future additions including the Freely associated States. The data can be used to investigate the historical record of wave statistics at any U.S. site. As such, the dataset could also be of value to any entity with marine operations inside the U.S. EEZ.
These data are available for download without login credentials through the free and publicly accessible Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI) data viewer which allows users to browse and download individual or groups of files.},
url = {https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/326},
year = {2020},
howpublished = {Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, https://doi.org/10.15473/1647329},
note = {Accessed: 2025-07-25},
doi = {10.15473/1647329}
}
https://dx.doi.org/10.15473/1647329
Details
Data from Jul 1, 2020
Last updated Jul 11, 2025
Submitted Aug 6, 2020
Organization
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Contact
Mike Lawson
303.384.7192
Authors
Keywords
MHK, Marine, Hydrokinetic, Wave Energy, power, energy, wave, resource, geospatial data, Hindcast, model, U.S. EEZ, EEZ, Exclusive Economic Zone, characterization, blue economy, Powering the Blue Economy, HDF5, offshore, WIND, aquaculture, environment, surface wave, ocean, WEC, high resolution, Marine Energy Resource Assessment and Characterization, PacWaveDOE Project Details
Project Name Model Validation and Site Characterization
Project Lead Carrie Noonan
Project Number FY20 AOP 2.1.5.401
