WAPOSAL: a multi-regional wave dataset from satellite altimetry for significant wave height, period estimation, and wave power density

Ponce de León, Sonia; Panfilova, Maria; Orejarena-Rondón, Andrés F.; Restano, Marco; Sabia, Roberto; Benveniste, Jérôme

doi:10.5194/essd-18-7391-2026

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WAPOSAL: a multi-regional wave dataset from satellite altimetry for significant wave height, period estimation, and wave power density

Sonia Ponce de León, Maria Panfilova, Andrés F. Orejarena-Rondón, Marco Restano, Roberto Sabia, and Jérôme Benveniste

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