Thanks Chris,
An excellent point, and the word 'vertical' should be added to the definitions.
I was wondering about including highest one-third in the Hs definition, but
there are alternatives and I tried to find an understandable form of words
covering all and failed dismally. Maybe
just a little note:
- *sea_surface_wave_significant_height*Wave height is defined as the
distance from a wave trough to the following wave crest.
>
> NOTE: the is the VERTICAL distance -- difference in elevation between the
bottom of a trough and top of the crest. this wording sounds a lot like a
Hi all,
Thanks a lot for your feedback.
I think Roy's "4-steps" work plan is a great idea to keep things
manageable. Thanks Roy!
We, Marta and I, agree with your suggestions Roy and Jonathan.
So, to summarize, for height parameters, we have:
- *sea_surface_wave_significant_height*
Wave height
Dear Jonathan,
Many thanks for your constructive response. As always your Standard Name
grammar is more precise than mine and so I am happy with your suggestions
providing Elodie and her colleagues have no problems.
Cheers, Roy.
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From: CF-metadata
Dear Roy
Thanks for redefining "wave height". That helps me understand!
> - sea_surface_wave_average_height
Could this be "mean" instead of "average"?
> - sea_surface_wave_height_of_highest_tenth
Given the definition, shouldn't this be
sea_surface_wave_mean_height_of_highest_tenth
> -
Hello again,
Here are my suggestions for your other six height definitions (I've already
made a suggestion for Hs)
- sea_surface_wave_maximum_height
Wave height is defined as the distance from a wave trough to the following wave
crest. The maximum wave height is the greatest trough to crest
Dear Jonathan,
Thank you for drawing my attention to what is a glaring error in the existing
wave height Standard Name definitions. I've no idea how I failed to spot it
before - trying to fit CF into spare moments leading to too much scan reading
or perhaps they were set up before I became
