Oceanographic Data

Our WERA Data Viewer allows easy access to real time data maps, time series and archived data. For scientific users this is the perfect tool to generate animated current or wave maps for presentations or plots of time series for individual grid cells. All data can be exported in various data formats including NetCDF and GRIB. All data are quality checked in real time and the user can select which quality level you want to be displayed.

For harbour or vessel management applications the feature Ocean Warnings is helpful to indicate if in particular areas a predefined threshold of current velocity or wave height is reached.

Maps of Ocean Surface Currents and Siginificant Wave Height
Time series for individual grid cells.
Generation of ocean alerts with programmable thresholds for current & waves Access to data archive and various options for data export.

Tsunami Warning

An approaching Tsunami wave generates a specific current signature at the ocean surface. This Tsunami signature is moving rapidly in the deep ocean but slows down to a detectable velocity on the continental shelf. WERA array type systems are sensitive enough to detect even small Tsunami events far offshore.

The Tsunami Probability is displayed as map and as time series to support the decision making process at the national Tsunami Early Warning centre. The data are updated 2 times per minute and detection range reaches out to the continental shelf edge.