Symbols and abbreviations 



JKV/P - Joint Numerical Weather Prediction 



i,j - gridpolnts on the JKWP grid 



rms - root mean square 



kts - knots 



m - meters 



u - the component of the wind^ east-west 



V - the component of the wind, north- south 



Ug - the 1000-mb geostrophic wind component, east-west 



Vgj, - the 1000-mb gradient wind component, north- south 



-*; 700 - the 700-mt) geostrophic relative vorticity 



ju T_ooO ~ ^'^^^ 1000-mb geostrophic relative vorticity 



mb - millibar (pressure) 



^ - the indraft angle (angle of rotation from geostrophic 

 direction-counterclockwise rotation is positive) 



OWS - ocean weather ship 



ft - feet 



HWo - significant wave height in feet 



V-]_n 5 - wind speed in kts at elevation of 19.5 m 



S{ CO ) - the component spectral energy 



da* - incremental angular frequency 



C(., - a constant with value of 8.10 X 10" -^ 



g - the acceleration due to gravity 



Co - the component angulaj: wave frequency in radians per second 



exp - exponent e 



P - a constant with the value of 0.7^ 



COq - the ratio of g to V-|_q c 



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