GUIDE WAVE ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING - WMO
GUIDE WAVE ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING - WMO
GUIDE WAVE ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING - WMO
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<strong>WAVE</strong>OB CODE TABLES<br />
A 1<br />
b w<br />
<strong>GUIDE</strong> TO <strong>WAVE</strong> <strong>ANALYSIS</strong> <strong>AND</strong> <strong>FORECASTING</strong><br />
0161<br />
<strong>WMO</strong> Regional Association area in which buoy, drilling rig or oil- or gas-production platform<br />
has been deployed (1 – Region I; 2 – Region II, etc.)<br />
Sub-area belonging to the area indicated by A1 80<br />
60<br />
40<br />
20<br />
0<br />
20<br />
40<br />
60<br />
180<br />
180<br />
160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180<br />
48<br />
46<br />
51<br />
54<br />
72<br />
160 140 120 100 80 60 40<br />
20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180<br />
0880<br />
da1da1 Mean direction, in units of 4 degrees, from which waves are coming for the band indicated,<br />
relative to true north<br />
da2da2 Principal direction, in units of 4 degrees, from which waves are coming for the band<br />
indicated, relative to true north<br />
dddd True direction, in units of 4 degrees, from which the dominant wave is coming<br />
d1d1 d2d2 True direction, in units of 4 degrees, from which waves are coming<br />
. . .<br />
dndn Code Code<br />
figure figure<br />
00 358° to less than 2° .<br />
01 2° to less than 6° 89 354° to less than 358°<br />
02 6° to less than 10° 90–98 Not used<br />
. 99 Ratio of the spectral density for the band to the<br />
. maximum is less than 0.005<br />
1731<br />
Ia Indicator for frequency or wave number<br />
Code Code<br />
figure figure<br />
0 Frequency (Hz) 1 Wave number (m –1)<br />
1732<br />
Ib Indicator for directional or non-directional spectral wave data<br />
Code Code<br />
figure figure<br />
0 Non-directional 1 Directional<br />
65<br />
45 44 62<br />
43 42 41 13<br />
32<br />
31<br />
64<br />
61<br />
15<br />
12<br />
63<br />
66<br />
14<br />
34 33 17 16<br />
71<br />
74<br />
24<br />
11<br />
26 25<br />
23<br />
22<br />
53<br />
56<br />
21<br />
52<br />
73<br />
55<br />
80<br />
60<br />
40<br />
20<br />
0<br />
20<br />
40<br />
60