Climate and Forecast Standard Names
type: ConceptScheme
has top concept: sea_surface_swell_wave_significant_height

sea_surface_swell_wave_significant_height
source: cf-standard-name-table.html
replaces: significant height of swell waves
in scheme: Climate and Forecast Standard Names
top concept of: Climate and Forecast Standard Names
definition: Swell waves are waves on the ocean surface and are the low frequency portion of a bimodal wave frequency spectrum. 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.
type: Concept