Wave Observations from Central California: SeaSonde Systems and In Situ Wave Buoys

Table 4

Buoy-to-buoy comparison results.

In-situ buoys	No. of points	Wave height				Dominant wave period				Average wave period
		𝑅	RMSD(cm)	MD (cm)	SD (cm)	𝑅	RMSD (s)	MD (s)	SD (s)	𝑅	RMSD (s)	MD (s)	SD(s)
46013 versus 46026	12,330	0.94	42	28	31	0.74	2.27	−0.31	2.25	0.90	0.66	0.01	0.66
46214 versus 46012	14,052	0.93	42	−17	38	0.73	2.25	0.13	2.25	X	X	X	X
46026 versus 46214	10,916	0.93	69	−55	41	0.69	2.41	−0.12	2.41	X	X	X	X
46013 versus 46214	14,592	0.94	46	−29	36	0.71	2.35	−0.35	2.32	X	X	X	X
46026 versus 46012	12,537	0.94	49	36	33	0.74	2.11	0.21	2.22	0.92	0.90	0.69	0.58
Mean	12,885	0.936	50	±33	36	0.72	2.28	±0.22	2.29	0.91	0.78	0.35	0.62