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EA: SEA_STATE_CATEGORY

Status:

STD 2005/06/07

Code:

1188

Concept definition:

The roughness of a <WATERBODY_SURFACE> in terms of the Douglas sea-state scale, a <SYSTEM> of categorized mean <WATER_WAVE> heights; sea state category.

Attribute value type:

ENUMERATION

Reference type:

Reference:

[WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 3700, Symbolic Letter S - State of the sea]

Supplemental references:

Enumerants (presented in a natural order)

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Status	Attribute label	Enumerant label ▾	Concept definition	Code	Ref type	Reference
STD 2005/06/07	SEA_STATE_CATEGORY	CALM_GLASSY	0 metre <<MAXIMUM_WAVE_HEIGHT>>; calm or glassy.	1	PR	[WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 3700:0]
STD 2005/06/07	SEA_STATE_CATEGORY	CALM_RIPPLED	Greater than 0 metre and less than or equal to 0,10 metres <<MAXIMUM_WAVE_HEIGHT>>; calm or rippled.	2	PR	[WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 3700:1]
STD 2005/06/07	SEA_STATE_CATEGORY	HIGH	Greater than 6,00 metres and less than or equal to 9,00 metres <<MAXIMUM_WAVE_HEIGHT>>; high.	8	PR	[WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 3700:7]
STD 2005/06/07	SEA_STATE_CATEGORY	MODERATE	Greater than 1,25 metres and less than or equal to 2,50 metres <<MAXIMUM_WAVE_HEIGHT>>; moderate.	5	PR	[WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 3700:4]
STD 2005/06/07	SEA_STATE_CATEGORY	PHENOMENAL	Greater than 14,00 metres metre <<MAXIMUM_WAVE_HEIGHT>>; phenomenal.	10	PR	[WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 3700:9]
STD 2005/06/07	SEA_STATE_CATEGORY	ROUGH	Greater than 2,50 metres and less than or equal to 4,00 metres <<MAXIMUM_WAVE_HEIGHT>>; rough.	6	PR	[WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 3700:5]
STD 2005/06/07	SEA_STATE_CATEGORY	SLIGHT	Greater than 0,50 metre and less than or equal to 1,25 metres <<MAXIMUM_WAVE_HEIGHT>>; slight.	4	PR	[WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 3700:3]
STD 2005/06/07	SEA_STATE_CATEGORY	SMOOTH_WAVELETS	Greater than 0,10 metre and less than or equal to 0,50 metre <<MAXIMUM_WAVE_HEIGHT>>; smooth wavelets.	3	PR	[WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 3700:2]
STD 2005/06/07	SEA_STATE_CATEGORY	VERY_HIGH	Greater than 9,00 metres and less than or equal to 14,00 metres <<MAXIMUM_WAVE_HEIGHT>>; very high.	9	PR	[WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 3700:8]
STD 2005/06/07	SEA_STATE_CATEGORY	VERY_ROUGH	Greater than 4,00 metres and less than or equal to 6,00 metres <<MAXIMUM_WAVE_HEIGHT>>; very rough.	7	PR	[WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 3700:6]

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Group membership:

WATERBODY_SURFACE

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