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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: PR
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)
Status Attribute label Enumerant label ▾ Concept definition Code Ref type Reference Supplemental references
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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