| 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 | FRICVW |
| 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 | - | KSSEW |
| 44 | Benjamin-Feir Index | - | BENINX |
| 45 | Spectral Peakedness Factor | s-1 | SPFTR |
| 46 | Peak wave direction | ° | PWAVEDIR |
| 47 | Significant wave height of first swell partition | m | SWHFSWEL |
| 48 | Significant wave height of second swell partition | m | SWHSSWEL |
| 49 | Significant wave height of third swell partition | m | SWHTSWEL |
| 50 | Mean wave period of first swell partition | s | MWPFSWEL |
| 51 | Mean wave period of second swell partition | s | MWPSSWEL |
| 52 | Mean wave period of third swell partition | s | MWPTSWEL |
| 53 | Mean wave direction of first swell partition | ° | MWDFSWEL |
| 54 | Mean wave direction of second swell partition | ° | MWDSSWEL |
| 55 | Mean wave direction of third swell partition | ° | MWDTSWEL |
| 56 | Wave directional width of first swell partition | - | WDWFSWEL |
| 57 | Wave directional width of second swell partition | - | WDWSSWEL |
| 58 | Wave directional width of third swell partition | - | WDWTSWEL |
| 59 | Wave frequency width of first swell partition | - | WFWFSWEL |
| 60 | Wave frequency width of second swell partition | - | WFWSSWEL |
| 61 | Wave frequency width of third swell partition | - | WFWTSWEL |
| 62 | Wave frequency width | - | WAVEFREW |
| 63 | Frequency width of wind waves | - | FREWWW |
| 64 | Frequency width of total swell | - | FREWTSW |
| 65 | Peak Wave Period of First Swell Partition | s | PWPFSPAR |
| 66 | Peak Wave Period of Second Swell Partition | s | PWPSSPAR |
| 67 | Peak Wave Period of Third Swell Partition | s | PWPTSPAR |
| 68 | Peak Wave Direction of First Swell Partition | degree true | PWDFSPAR |
| 69 | Peak Wave Direction of Second Swell Partition | degree true | PWDFSPAR |
| 70 | Peak Wave Direction of First Swell Partition | degree true | PWDSSPAR |
| 71 | Peak Direction of Wind Waves | degree true | PDWWAVE |
| 72 | Peak Direction of Total Swell | degree true | PDTSWELL |
| 73 | Whitecap Fraction | fraction | WCAPFRAC |
| 74-191 | Reserved | ||
| 192-254 |
Reserved
for Local Use |
||
| 192 | Wave Steepness | proportion | WSTP |
| 193 | Wave Length | WLENG | |
| 255 |
Missing |
| Notes: * Further information concerning the wave parameters can be found in the Guide to Wave Analysis and Forecasting (WMO-No. 702). |