WAM is the wave model component in GCOAST (Geesthacht Coupled cOAstal model SysTem) and the wave model for the ESM platform. Being a wave modelling leader and owner of WAM,  Hereon cooperates with many national and international institutions, agencies, and universities (e.g. DWD, BSH, DLR, GeoInfo, IOW, ICBM, TROPOS, etc.).

Since 1992 WAM is the tool for the operational numerical wave model system at the DWD and is also used at the BW GeoInfo

The software is open under GNU GPL v3.0 license for the community.

--> Look in the natESM system for more information about this optional component.

If you want to get started, look in the GitHub directory.