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 |
