| Bit No. |
Flag Value |
Description |
Unit |
Status |
| 0 |
|
Wave spectra (1) |
- |
Operational |
| 1 |
|
Wave spectra (2) |
- |
Operational |
| 2 |
|
Wave spectra (3) |
- |
Operational |
| 3 |
|
Significant height of combined wind waves and swell |
m |
Operational |
| 4 |
|
Direction of wind waves |
degree true |
Operational |
| 5 |
|
Significant height of wind waves |
m |
Operational |
| 6 |
|
Mean period of wind waves |
s |
Operational |
| 7 |
|
Direction of swell waves |
degree true |
Operational |
| 8 |
|
Significant height of swell waves |
m |
Operational |
| 9 |
|
Mean period of swell waves |
s |
Operational |
| 10 |
|
Primary wave direction |
degree true |
Operational |
| 11 |
|
Primary wave mean period |
s |
Operational |
| 12 |
|
Secondary wave direction |
degree true |
Operational |
| 13 |
|
Secondary wave mean period |
s |
Operational |
| 14 |
|
Mean direction of combined wind waves and swell |
degree true |
Operational |
| 15 |
|
Mean period of combined wind waves and swell |
s |
Operational |
| 16 |
|
Coefficient of drag with waves |
- |
Operational |
| 17 |
|
Friction velocity |
m/s |
Operational |
| 18 |
|
Wave stress |
N m-2 |
Operational |
| 19 |
|
Normalized wave stress |
- |
Operational |
| 20 |
|
Mean square slope of waves |
- |
Operational |
| 21 |
|
u-component surface Stokes drift |
m/s |
Operational |
| 22 |
|
v-component surface Stokes drift |
m/s |
Operational |
| 23 |
|
Period of maximum individual wave height |
s |
Operational |
| 24 |
|
Maximum individual wave height |
m |
Operational |
| 25 |
|
Inverse mean wave frequency |
s |
Operational |
| 26 |
|
Inverse mean frequency of wind waves |
s |
Operational |
| 27 |
|
Inverse mean frequency of total swell |
s |
Operational |
| 28 |
|
Mean zero-crossing wave period |
s |
Operational |
| 29 |
|
Mean zero-crossing period of wind waves |
s |
Operational |
| 30 |
|
Mean zero-crossing period of total swell |
s |
Operational |
| 31 |
|
Wave directional width |
- |
Operational |
| 32 |
|
Directional width of wind waves |
- |
Operational |
| 33 |
|
Directional width of total swell |
- |
Operational |
| 34 |
|
Peak wave period |
s |
Operational |
| 35 |
|
Peak period of wind waves |
s |
Operational |
| 36 |
|
Peak period of total swell |
s |
Operational |
| 37 |
|
Altimeter wave height |
m |
Operational |
| 38 |
|
Altimeter corrected wave height |
m |
Operational |
| 39 |
|
Altimeter range relative correction |
- |
Operational |
| 40 |
|
10-metre neutral wind speed over waves |
m/s |
Operational |
| 41 |
|
10-metre wind direction over waves |
deg |
Operational |
| 42 |
|
Wave energy spectrum |
m2 s rad-1 |
Operational |
| 43 |
|
Kurtosis of the sea-surface elevation due to waves |
- |
Operational |
| 44 |
|
Benjamin-Feir index |
- |
Operational |
| 45 |
|
Spectral peakedness factor |
/s |
Operational |
| 46 |
|
Peak wave direction |
deg |
Operational |
| 47 |
|
Significant wave height of first swell partition |
m |
Operational |
| 48 |
|
Significant wave height of second swell partition |
m |
Operational |
| 49 |
|
Significant wave height of third swell partition |
m |
Operational |
| 50 |
|
Mean wave period of first swell partition |
s |
Operational |
| 51 |
|
Mean wave period of second swell partition |
s |
Operational |
| 52 |
|
Mean wave period of third swell partition |
s |
Operational |
| 53 |
|
Mean wave direction of first swell partition |
deg |
Operational |
| 54 |
|
Mean wave direction of second swell partition |
deg |
Operational |
| 55 |
|
Mean wave direction of third swell partition |
deg |
Operational |
| 56 |
|
Wave directional width of first swell partition |
- |
Operational |
| 57 |
|
Wave directional width of second swell partition |
- |
Operational |
| 58 |
|
Wave directional width of third swell partition |
- |
Operational |
| 59 |
|
Wave frequency width of first swell partition |
- |
Operational |
| 60 |
|
Wave frequency width of second swell partition |
- |
Operational |
| 61 |
|
Wave frequency width of third swell partition |
- |
Operational |
| 62 |
|
Wave frequency width |
- |
Operational |
| 63 |
|
Frequency width of wind waves |
- |
Operational |
| 64 |
|
Frequency width of total swell |
- |
Operational |
| 65 |
|
Peak wave period of first swell partition |
s |
Operational |
| 66 |
|
Peak wave period of second swell partition |
s |
Operational |
| 67 |
|
Peak wave period of third swell partition |
s |
Operational |
| 68 |
|
Peak wave direction of first swell partition |
degree true |
Operational |
| 69 |
|
Peak wave direction of second swell partition |
degree true |
Operational |
| 70 |
|
Peak wave direction of third swell partition |
degree true |
Operational |
| 71 |
|
Peak direction of wind waves |
degree true |
Operational |
| 72 |
|
Peak direction of total swell |
degree true |
Operational |
| 73 |
|
Whitecap fraction |
fraction |
Operational |
| 74 |
|
Mean direction of total swell |
degree |
Operational |
| 75 |
|
Mean direction of wind waves |
degree |
Operational |
| 76 |
|
Charnock |
Numeric |
Operational |
| 77 |
|
Wave Spectral Skewness |
Numeric |
Operational |
| 78 |
|
Wave energy flux magnitude |
W m-1 |
Operational |
| 79 |
|
Wave energy flux mean direction |
degree true |
Operational |
| 80 |
|
Ratio of wave angular and frequency width |
Numeric |
Operational |
| 81 |
|
Free convective velocity over the oceans |
m s-1 |
Operational |
| 82 |
|
Air density over the oceans |
kg m-3 |
Operational |
| 83 |
|
Normalized energy flux into waves |
Numeric |
Operational |
| 84 |
|
Normalized stress into ocean |
Numeric |
Operational |
| 85 |
|
Normalized energy flux into ocean |
Numeric |
Operational |
| 86 |
|
Surface elevation variance due to waves (over all frequencies and directions) |
m2 s rad-1 |
Operational |
| 87 |
|
Wave induced mean sea level correction |
m |
Operational |
| 88 |
|
Spectral width index |
Numeric |
Operational |
| 89 |
|
Number of events in freak waves statistics |
Numeric |
Operational |
| 90 |
|
u-component of surface momentum flux into ocean |
N m-2 |
Operational |
| 91 |
|
v-component of surface momentum flux into ocean |
N m-2 |
Operational |
| 92 |
|
Wave turbulent energy flux into ocean |
W m-2 |
Operational |
| 93 |
|
Envelop maximum individual wave height |
m |
Operational |
| 94 |
|
Time domain maximum individual crest height |
m |
Operational |
| 95 |
|
Time domain maximum individual wave height |
m |
Operational |
| 96 |
|
Space time maximum individual crest height |
m |
Operational |
| 97 |
|
Space time maximum individual wave height |
m |
Operational |
| 98 |
|
Goda peakedness factor |
Numeric |
Operational |
| 99 |
|
Benjamin-Feir index 2D (BFI2D) |
Numeric |
Operational |
| 100 |
|
Crest-trough correlation |
Numeric |
Operational |
| 101 |
|
X component of the wave radiative stress to sea-ice |
N m-2 |
Operational |
| 102 |
|
Y component of the wave radiative stress to sea-ice |
N m-2 |
Operational |
| 103 |
|
u-component of atmospheric surface momentum flux |
N m-2 |
Operational |
| 104 |
|
v-component of atmospheric surface momentum flux |
N m-2 |
Operational |
| 105-191 |
|
Reserved |
|
Operational |
| 192-254 |
|
Reserved for local use |
|
Operational |
| 255 |
|
Missing |
|
Operational |