1.8 CF Standard Names: Sea Surface Wave Directional Spread (sea_surface_wave_directional_spread)

Record Label : sea_surface_wave_directional_spread

Record Title : Sea Surface Wave Directional Spread

CF Standard Name : sea_surface_wave_directional_spread

Record Description : Directional spread is the (one-sided) directional width within a given sub-domain of the wave directional spectrum, S(t,x,y,f,theta) where t is time, x and y are horizontal coordinates (such as longitude and latitude), f is frequency and theta is direction. For a given mean wave (beam) direction the quantity approximates half the root mean square width about the beam axis, as derived either directly from circular moments or via the Fourier components of the wave directional spectrum.

Canonical Units : degree