[CF-metadata] Waves

From: Chris Barker <chris.barker>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 09:12:46 -0700

On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 9:18 AM, Nan Galbraith <ngalbraith at whoi.edu> wrote:

> 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.
>

works for me.

Thanks,

-CHB

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