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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

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