Vocabulary of definitions for Wave, sea and swell terms

Water Regulations 2008 water information terms

This glossary provides definitions of terms and acronyms used in the Bureau of Meteorology's water markets dashboard.

A tsunami is a series of ocean waves with very long wavelengths (typically hundreds of kilometres) caused by large-scale disturbances of the ocean, such as: earthquakes; landslide; volcanic eruptions; explosions; meteorites. These disturbances can either be from below (e.g. underwater earthquakes with large vertical displacements, submarine landslides) or from above (e.g. meteorite impacts).
Tsunami is a Japanese word with the English translation: "harbour wave".
This vocabulary contains words relating to a tsunami.

This glossary includes a variety of terms associated with tides and sea level and is based on material sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology (http://www.bom.gov.au) and Australian Hydrographic Office.

Definitions for temperature

Definitions of solar radiation terms

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Definitions for rainfall

SRS name is the Spatial Reference System (EPSG code) used to locate the geographic entity.