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GCOS Essential Climate Variables (ECV)
Ocean/Surface/Sea State
Sea State: A description of the properties of sea surface waves at a given time and place. This might be given in terms of the wave spectrum, or more simply in terms of the significant wave height and some measure of the wave period. (from the AMS Glossary of Meteorology)
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Non-satellite or in-situ
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Satellite
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