September
2017
Sentinel V SC and RT Operation Manual
Page 288
EAR-Controlled Technology Subject to Restrictions Contained on the Cover Page.
Each parameter is a signed 2-byte field with a value of -1 indicating a bad value.
Table 56.
Wave Parameters
Hex Digit
Binary
Byte
Field
Description
1-4
1, 2
ID Code
Stores the Sentinel V Event Log 000B (00 0Bh). LSB is sent first.
5-8
3, 4
Hs
Hs – Significant Wave Height
9-12
5, 6
Tp
Tp – Peak Wave Period
13-16
7, 8
Dp
Dp – Peak Wave Direction
17-32
9-16
Spares
Spares
33-36
17, 18
Dm
Dm – Mean Peak Wave Direction
37-60
19-30
Spares
Spares
61-64
31, 32
SHmax
SHmax – Maximum wave height from Zero-crossing analysis of
surface track time series
65-68
33, 34
SH13
SH13 – Significant wave height of the largest 1/3 of the waves in
the field from Zero-crossing analysis of surface track time series
69-72
35, 36
SH10
SH10 – Significant wave height of the largest 1/10 of the waves in
the field from Zero-crossing analysis of surface track time series
73-76
37, 38
STmax
STmax – Maximum Peak Wave Period from Zero-crossing analysis
of surface track time series
77-80
39, 40
ST13
ST13 – The period associated with the peak wave height of the
largest 1/3 of the waves in the field from Zero-crossing analysis of
surface track time series
81-84
41, 42
ST10
ST10 – The period associated with the peak wave height of the
largest 1/10 of the waves in the field from Zero-crossing analysis of
surface track time series
85-88
43, 44
T01
T01
89-92
45, 46
Tz
Tz
93-96
47, 48
Tinv1
Tinv1
97-100
49, 50
S0
S0
101-104
51, 52
Spare
Spare
105-106
53
Source
Source