[CF-metadata] Waves

From: Chris Barker <chris.barker>
Date: Sat, 7 May 2016 21:58:27 -0700

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 2:56 PM, Lowry, Roy K. <rkl at bodc.ac.uk> wrote:

> Maybe something like:?
>
> Significant wave height is a statistic computed from wave measurements collected during an
> observation period that approximates to the wave height that would be recorded visually by a human observer during that observation period.
>
> This corresponds to the average height of the highest one third of the waves.
>
> looks good to me.

-CHB

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