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sea_surface_tertiary_swell_wave_significant_height  

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  • Swell waves are waves on the ocean surface and are the low frequency portion of a bimodal wave frequency spectrum. The tertiary swell wave is the third most energetic swell wave. Significant wave height is a statistic computed from wave measurements and corresponds to the mean 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.

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https://vocab.met.no/CFSTDN/sea_surface_tertiary_swell_wave_significant_height

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