GRIB2 - TABLE 4.2-10-0

PARAMETERS FOR DISCIPLINE 10
CATEGORY 0

(Oceanographic products, Waves category)

In Section 0, Octet 7 = 10
In Section 4, Octet 10 = 0

Revised 04/08/2013
Red text depicts changes made since 02/10/2012


Number
(In Section 4, octet 11)
 Parameter Units
 Abbrev
0
 Wave Spectra (1)
 -
 WVSP1
1
 Wave Spectra (2) - WVSP2
2
 Wave Spectra (3) - WVSP3
3
 Significant Height of Combined Wind Waves and Swell
 m
 HTSGW
4
 Direction of Wind Waves
 degree true
 WVDIR
5
 Significant Height of Wind Waves m
 WVHGT
6
 Mean Period of Wind Waves s
 WVPER
7
 Direction of Swell Waves degree true
SWDIR
8
 Significant Height of Swell Waves m
 SWELL
9
 Mean Period of Swell Waves s
 SWPER
10
 Primary Wave Direction
 degree true DIRPW
11
 Primary Wave Mean Period
 s
 PERPW
12 Secondary Wave Direction degree true DIRSW
13
 Secondary Wave Mean Period s
 PERSW
14
 Direction of Combined Wind Waves and Swell degree true WWSDIR
15
 Mean Period of Combined Wind Waves and Swell s
 MWSPER
16 Coefficient of Drag With Waves - CDWW
17 Friction Velocity m s-1 FRICV
18 Wave Stress N m-2 WSTR
19 Normalised Waves Stress - NWSTR
20 Mean Square Slope of Waves - MSSW
21 U-component Surface Stokes Drift m s-1 USSD
22 V-component Surface Stokes Drift m s-1 VSSD
23 Period of Maximum Individual Wave Height s PMAXWH
24 Maximum Individual Wave Height m MAXWH
25 Inverse Mean Wave Frequency s IMWF
26 Inverse Mean Frequency of The Wind Waves s IMFWW
27 Inverse Mean Frequency of The Total Swell s IMFTSW
28 Mean Zero-Crossing Wave Period s MZWPER
29 Mean Zero-Crossing Period of The Wind Waves s MZPWW
30 Mean Zero-Crossing Period of The Total Swell s MZPTSW
31 Wave Directional Width - WDIRW
32 Directional Width of The Wind Waves - DIRWWW
33 Directional Width of The Total Swell - DIRWTS
34 Peak Wave Period s PWPER
35 Peak Period of The Wind Waves s PPERWW
36 Peak Period of The Total Swell s PPERTS
37 Altimeter Wave Height m ALTWH
38 Altimeter Corrected Wave Height m ALCWH
39 Altimeter Range Relative Correction - ALRRC
40 10 Metre Neutral Wind Speed Over Waves m s-1 MNWSOW
41 10 Metre Wind Direction Over Waves degree true MWDIRW
42 Wave Engery Spectrum m-2 s rad-1 WESP
43 Kurtosis of The Sea Surface Elevation Due to Waves - BENINX
45 Spectral Peakedness Factor s-1 SPFTR
46-191 Reserved

192-254
 Reserved for Local Use

192
 Wave Steepness proportion WSTP
255
 Missing



Notes:
  * Further information concerning the wave parameters can be found in WMO Publication No 702, "Guide to Wave Analysis and Forecasting".


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