[CF-metadata] Waves

From: Nan Galbraith <ngalbraith>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 12:18:27 -0400

Sorry, I didn't suggest an alternative to the definition I was
objecting to. Would this be acceptable? It includes Chris Barker's
point about 'vertical distance' and the rest of Roy's definition, I think.

Significant wave height is a statistic computed from wave measurements
and corresponds to the average height of the highest one third of the
waves,
where the height is defined as the vertical distance from a wave trough to
the following wave crest.

Thanks - Nan


> Hi all -
>
> I'm not sure it's appropriate to include the phrase 'approximates to the
> wave height that would be recorded visually by a human observer during
> that observation period' in the significant wave height definition.

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