Last updated on Feb 20, 2026.

Welcome to NetSSE’s documentation!#

What is NetSSE?#

NetSSE is an open-source Python package for network-based sea state estimation from ships, buoys, and other observation platforms. The objective of NetSSE is to provide a scientific framework to develop, test, and distribute new sea state estimation methods. All code is hosted on the NetSSE GitLab.

Note

This project is under active development and will be running until December 2027.

User Guide

User guide on installation and the basic concepts of NetSSE.

NetSSE user guide
Examples

Examples of NetSSE usage.

Examples
API Reference

NetSSE application programming interface (API) reference.

API Reference
Open-source code

Consult the full source code.

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Publications

Find an overview of scientific peer-reviewed studies that used NetSSE.

Publications
Contact us

Want to contribute to the project? Get to know the developer team and reach out to us.

Contact

Using NetSSE? Please cite us!#

If you find NetSSE useful and use it in your research or project, we kindly ask you to credit the developers using below reference:

Mounet, R. E. G., & Nielsen, U. D. NetSSE: An open-source Python package for network-based sea state estimation from ships, buoys, and other observation platforms (version 2.2). Technical University of Denmark, GitLab. February 2026. https://doi.org/10.11583/DTU.26379811.

Documentation in .PDF format#

A .PDF version of the latest NetSSE documentation is available for download here. As a disclaimer, the .PDF document is automatically generated and may therefore contain errors or inconsistencies. To avoid any confusion, the latest online documentation should always be consulted, if possible.