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

Table 5

SeaSonde-to-Buoy comparison results.

Wave Sensor	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)
BML1 versus 46013	14,808	0.87	47	9	46	0.61	2.81	1.37	2.46	0.75	2.89	−2.67	1.05
PREY versus 46013	10,954	0.90	49	−20	45	0.59	2.71	1.06	2.49	0.75	3.25	−3.09	1.03
COMM versus 46026	8,388	0.86	46	6	46	0.61	2.86	1.48	2.45	0.74	3.39	−3.28	1.17
FORT versus 46026	8,846	0.85	77	−47	61	0.59	2.67	0.86	2.52	0.69	3.96	−3.73	1.32
MONT versus 46026	9,999	0.91	49	−27	40	0.56	3.05	1.66	2.55	0.79	3.11	−2.94	0.99
MONT versus 46012	8,718	0.88	49	9	48	0.61	2.87	1.57	2.39	0.82	2.48	−2.31	0.91
Mean	10,286	0.88	53	±20	48	0.59	2.83	1.33	2.48	0.77	3.18	±2.68	1.08