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ECV Products and Requirements for Sea State

These products and requirements reflect the Implementation Plan 2016 (GCOS-200). GCOS is reviewing and will update the requirements until 2022. More information on: gcos.wmo.int.

 

PRODUCT DEFINITION FREQ. RESOLUTION REQUIRED MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY STABILITY STANDARDS/ REFERENCES
WAVE HEIGHT The distance between the trough of the wave and the adjacent crest of the wave. The significant wave height is the mean wave height (trough to crest) of the highest third of the waves in a wave spectrum 3 hourly 25 km 10 cm 5 cm See EOV Specification at www.goosocean.org/eov

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