EA: SPILLING_BREAKER_FRACTION
Status:
STD 2005/06/07
Code:
1326
Concept definition:
A number between 0 and 1 inclusive representing the linearly-scaled fraction of breaking <
WATER_WAVE
>s within a delineated <
WATERBODY_SURFACE_REGION
> that are spilling. Spilling is a breaking process wherein the <
WATER_WAVE
> peaks up until it is very steep but not vertical; only the top most portion of the <
WATER_WAVE
> curls over and descends on the forward slope of the advancing <
WATER_WAVE
> where it then slides down into the trough. This process starts at scattered foci which coalesce until the <
WATER_WAVE
> becomes an advancing <
LINE
> of foam. Zero means no breaking <
WATER_WAVE
>s are spilling and one means all are spilling.
Attribute value type:
REAL
Unit equivalence class label:
PURE_NUMBER
Reference type:
IR
Reference:
[
JSM
]
Supplemental references:
[
JMCDM
, "SURF-OBSERVATION spilling breakers percentage rate"]
Group membership:
RATE_OR_RATIO
WATERBODY_SURFACE
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