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ASU | Arizona State University | |
WMCC | World Media & Culture Center College of Humanities, Ohio State University | |
CSU | California State University | |
PSU | Penn State University | |
FSU | Florida State University | |
KSU | Kent State University | |
ISU | Iowa State University | |
SS | Steady State | |
WASU | Washington State University | |
ST | STate | |
WSU | Washington State University | |
ST | State This | |
BSU | Ball State University | |
WSPI | Wright State Physicians, Inc. | |
WSU | Washington State University | |
MS | Mississippi State | |
BGSU | Bowling Green State University | |
BSU | Boise State University | |
LSU | Louisiana State University | |
SDSU | San Diego State University | |
DOS | Department Of State | |
DOS | Department of State | |
MSA | Maryland State Archives | |
SSU | Sonoma State University |
What does sea state mean?
- Sea state
- In oceanography, sea state is the general condition of the free surface on a large body of water—with respect to wind waves and swell—at a certain location and moment. A sea state is characterized by statistics, including the wave height, period, and spectrum. The sea state varies with time, as the wind and swell conditions change. The sea state can be assessed either by an experienced observer (like a trained mariner) or by using instruments like weather buoys, wave radar or remote sensing satellites. In the case of buoy measurements, the statistics are determined for a time interval in which the sea state can be considered to be constant. This duration has to be much longer than the individual wave period, but shorter than the period in which the wind and swell conditions can be expected to vary significantly. Typically, records of one hundred to one thousand wave periods are used to determine the wave statistics. The large number of variables involved in creating and describing the sea state cannot be quickly and easily summarized, so simpler scales are used to give an approximate but concise description of conditions for reporting in a ship's log or similar record.
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