1.8 CF Standard Names: Sea Surface Wind Wave Period (sea_surface_wind_wave_period)

Record Label : sea_surface_wind_wave_period

Record Title : Sea Surface Wind Wave Period

CF Standard Name : sea_surface_wind_wave_period

Record Description : A period is an interval of time, or the time-period of an oscillation. Wind waves are waves on the ocean surface. Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.)

Canonical Units : s