Dear All,
I have no problems with losing the information about the observer and so am happy with Nan's suggestion.
Cheers, Roy.
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From: CF-metadata <cf-metadata-bounces at cgd.ucar.edu> on behalf of Nan Galbraith <ngalbraith at whoi.edu>
Sent: 11 May 2016 17:18
To: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Waves
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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