On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 9:18 AM, Nan Galbraith <[email protected]> wrote:

> Significant wave height is a statistic computed from wave measurements
> and corresponds to the average height of the highest one third of the
> waves,
> where the height is defined as the vertical distance from a wave trough to
> the following wave crest.
>

works for me.

Thanks,

-CHB


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