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

Table 3

SeaSonde-to-SeaSonde comparison results.

SeaSonde systems	No. of points	Wave height				Wave period				Wave direction
		𝑅	RMSD (cm)	MD (cm)	SD (cm)	𝑅	RMSD (s)	MD (s)	SD (s)	MD (°)
MONT versus PREY	7,642	0.89	50	−21	45	0.86	.82	−0.16	0.81	−34
MONT versus FORT	7,182	0.89	52	−15	50	0.88	1.15	−0.80	0.83	21
BML1 versus PREY	9,912	0.88	54	−26	47	0.82	1.08	−0.56	0.92	−14
BML1 versus MONT	7,060	0.86	43	−8	42	0.83	1.07	−0.53	0.93	23
Mean	7,949	0.88	50	−17.5	46	0.85	1.03	±0.51	0.87	±23