Guide to wave analysis and forecasting, Second edition. [NOTE: 2018 draft for approval to be pub 2020 attached] [SUPERSEDED by http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-688]
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1998Author
World Meteorological Organization
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SupercededPages
159pp.
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The national Meteorological Services of a large number of maritime countries have, for many years now, been engaged
in the provision of ocean wave forecast and hindcast services in support of the requirements of users in the whole range
of maritime activities (shipping, fisheries, offshore mining, commerce, coastal engineering, construction, recreation, and
so on). In recognition of this, and of the relative lack of easily accessible guidance material on wave forecasting methodology
suitable for use by national Meteorological Services in developing countries, the WMO Guide to wave analysis and
forecasting was prepared by a group of experts and published in 1988 as publication WMO-No. 702. This formal WMO
Guide updated and replaced the earlier, very popular, WMO Handbook on the same subject, first published in 1976.
In further recognition, both of the requirements of national Meteorological Services for the provision of ocean
wave-related services and also of the rapid developme.....
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World Meteorological OrganizationGeneva, Switzerland
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WMO-No. 702Spatial Coverage
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92-63-12702-6Citation
World Meteorological Organization (1998) Guide to wave analysis and forecasting, Second edition. Geneva, Switzerland, WMO, 159pp. (WMO No. 702). DOI: https://doi.org/10.25607/OBP-1523Collections
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