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). |