NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER: AIR-SEA PARAMETERS FORMAT DESCRIPTION (SC: starting column, #C: number bytes) PARAMETER COMMENT SC #C --------------------- ----------------------------- --- -- YEAR,MO,DAY,HOUR (GMT) separated by spaces 1 13 SIGNIFICNT WAVE HEIGHT corrected for low freq noise meters to tenths, 12=1.2 m 15 2 DOMINANT WAVE PERIOD seconds to tenths, 121=12.1 s 18 3 Data access thanks to NATIONAL OCEAN. DATA CENTER*********** 1998 Buoy=51001 Lat=232404N Lon=1621559W Bottom Depth=3257M YYYY MM DD HH WW PPP 1998 01 25 02 52 143 1998 01 25 05 61 143 1998 01 25 08 51 143 1998 01 25 11 62 167 1998 01 25 14 57 167 1998 01 25 17 63 167 1998 01 25 20 57 167 1998 01 25 23 56 167 1998 01 26 02 49 167 1998 01 26 05 47 143 1998 01 26 08 38 143 1998 01 26 11 31 125 1998 01 26 14 32 143 1998 01 26 17 29 143 1998 01 26 20 28 143 1998 01 26 23 30 125 1998 01 27 02 31 143 1998 01 27 05 29 125 1998 01 27 08 29 125 1998 01 27 11 27 143 1998 01 27 14 24 125 1998 01 27 17 27 143 1998 01 27 20 31 125 1998 01 27 23 32 125 1998 01 28 02 36 111 1998 01 28 05 69 250 <== swell hits, 7PM HST 27 Jan, 1998 1998 01 28 08 74 200 (for 25 sec period, 7 hour travel to Oahu) 1998 01 28 11 67 200 1998 01 28 14 75 200 1998 01 28 17 70 200 1998 01 28 20 84 200 <== maximum height, 8.4 m = 27.6' 1998 01 28 23 77 200 1998 01 29 02 75 200 1998 01 29 05 73 167 1998 01 29 08 61 167 1998 01 29 11 50 167 1998 01 29 14 45 167 1998 01 29 17 38 143 1998 01 29 20 41 167 1998 01 29 23 33 125 1998 01 30 02 48 143 1998 01 30 05 57 167 1998 01 30 08 56 143 1998 01 30 11 52 167 1998 01 30 14 59 143 1998 01 30 17 59 143 1998 01 30 20 55 143 1998 01 30 23 44 143 1998 01 31 02 49 143 1998 01 31 05 41 143 1998 01 31 08 39 143 1998 01 31 11 37 125 1998 01 31 14 36 143 1998 01 31 17 39 143 1998 01 31 20 38 143 1998 01 31 23 41 143