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WVHT

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-003133

On a buoy report, significant wave height (meters) is calculated as the average of the highest one-third of all of the wave heights during the 20-minute sampling period.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-003133
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
ReferencesNWS Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-003133",
  "term": "WVHT",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "On a buoy report, significant wave height (meters) is calculated as the average of the highest one-third of all of the wave heights during the 20-minute sampling period.",
  "references": [
    "NWS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/wvht/"
}

Record 3,132 of 3,164 in Meteorology and atmospheric science terminology (MLC-0110). Request the full dataset.