Record Label : sea_surface_wind_wave_period_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum
Record Title : Sea Surface Wind Wave Period At Variance Spectral Density Maximum
CF Standard Name : sea_surface_wind_wave_period_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum
Record Description : The quantity with standard name sea_surface_wind_wave_period_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum is the period of the most energetic waves within the wind wave component of a sea. Wind waves are waves on the ocean surface and are the high frequency portion of a bimodal wave frequency spectrum. A period is an interval of time, or the time-period of an oscillation. Wave period is the interval of time between repeated features on the waveform such as crests, troughs or upward passes through the mean level. The phrase "wave_period_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum", sometimes called peak wave period, describes the period of the most energetic waves within a given sub-domain of the wave spectrum.
Canonical Units : s