{"thcode":62,"term":{"code":"WC-683","name":"Wave","parent":"WC-C012","scope":"Hydroform Class: The Wave Hydroform Class is a propagation of energy that moves through the water, causing a vertical, oscillatory motion with characteristic wavelength, amplitude, and celerity. ..."},"uf":[],"bt":[{"code":"WC-C012","name":"Hydroform","parent":"WC-C001","scope":null},{"code":"WC-C001","name":"Water Column","parent":"root","scope":null},{"code":"root","name":"CMECS","parent":null,"scope":"Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard: Category terms encompassing waters from the head of tide or inland incursion of ocean salinity to the splash zone of the coasts to the deepest portions of the oceans and the deep waters of the Great Lakes."}],"nt":[{"code":"WC-684","name":"Anthropogenic Wave","parent":"WC-683","scope":"Hydroform: Boat wake or other wave caused by energy resulting from human activity."},{"code":"WC-685","name":"Coastally Trapped Wave","parent":"WC-683","scope":"Hydroform: A wave that moves along the coastal margin, which forms a trapping barrier."},{"code":"WC-702","name":"Edge Wave","parent":"WC-683","scope":"Hydroform: A wave that moves along a trapping barrier, such as the continental shelf, the continental margin or an inertial water mass."},{"code":"WC-703","name":"Equatorial Wave","parent":"WC-683","scope":"Hydroform: A wave that is trapped by and moves along the Equatorial water mass, which forms a density barrier."},{"code":"WC-705","name":"Internal Wave","parent":"WC-683","scope":"Hydroform: A wave that propagates along a density surface within the water column, below the water's surface."},{"code":"WC-704","name":"Non-Equatorial Wave","parent":"WC-683","scope":"Hydroform: A wave that is propagated along an edge or barrier, such as a continental margin, and that is not associated with an Equatorial water mass."},{"code":"WC-706","name":"Seiche","parent":"WC-683","scope":"Hydroform: A long-period, standing wave that creates an oscillatory sloshing of water within an enclosed water body. This is due to wind or pressure effects that cause water motions that resonate with the length scale of the water body."},{"code":"WC-707","name":"Storm Surge","parent":"WC-683","scope":"Hydroform: A propagation of water associated with intense meteorological and wind activity such as a tropical storm. ..."},{"code":"WC-708","name":"Surf Zone","parent":"WC-683","scope":"Hydroform: Zone with incipient wave breaks, which are the result of an increase in the steepness of the wave as the water depth decreases. ..."},{"code":"WC-711","name":"Surface Swell","parent":"WC-683","scope":"Hydroform: A surface gravity wave propagating into an area from a distant source of energy\/disturbance and that is not caused by direct local action of the wind."},{"code":"WC-709","name":"Surface Wave","parent":"WC-683","scope":"Hydroform: A wave generated by energy input from sources such as wind, landslides, tidal action, or current action, and that moves along the surface of the ocean."},{"code":"WC-710","name":"Surface Wind Wave","parent":"WC-683","scope":"Hydroform: A surface wave generated by direct wind action on the water's surface producing shear, piling up water in the direction of the wind and generating a wave."},{"code":"WC-712","name":"Tsunami","parent":"WC-683","scope":"Hydroform: A large long-wavelength (tens or hundreds of kilometers) ocean wave that is generated by a powerful undersea disturbance such as a landslide, earthquake, or volcano. ..."}],"rt":[]}