the ratio of the wave height to its wave length is called swh.
the ratio of the wave height to its wave length is called swh.
the ratio of the wave height to its wave length is called?
swh
individual waves in deep water break when the wave steepness—the ratio of the wave height "h" to the wavelength "λ"—exceeds about 0.17, so for "h"  0.17 "λ". in shallow water, with the water depth small compared to the wavelength, the individual waves break when their wave height "h" is larger than 0.8 times the water depth "h", that is "h"  0.8 "h". waves can also break if the wind grows strong enough to blow the crest off the base of the wave.
wind wave
bullet::::- "significant wave height" "h", or "h" or "h", in the "time domain", is defined as the average height of that one-third of the "n" measured waves having the greatest heights:









































bullet::::- "significant wave height" "h", defined in the "frequency domain", is used both for measured and forecasted wave variance spectra. most easily, it is defined in terms of the variance "m" or standard deviation "σ" of the surface elevation:









































bullet::::- another wave-height statistic in common usage is the "root-mean-square wave height" (or "rms wave height") "h", defined as:









































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bullet::::- significant wave height
wave height