Datasets / Coastal Data System – Near real time wave data

Coastal Data System – Near real time wave data

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Published By Environment and Science

Issued over 6 years ago

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Summary

Type of release
a one-off release of a single dataset

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Creative Commons Attribution

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Description

Near real time wave and sea surface temperature data for selected sites along the Queensland coast. For more information please refer to [www.qld.gov.au/waves](https://www.qld.gov.au/waves). Field names are; **Hs** - Significant wave height, an average of the highest third of the waves in a record (26.6 minute recording period). **Hmax** - The maximum wave height in the record. **Tz** - The zero upcrossing wave period. **Tp**- The peak energy wave period. **Dir_Tp TRUE**- Direction (related to true north) from which the peak period waves are coming from. **SST** - Approximation of sea surface temperature.

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