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 # ww3
 
-Download records for a single point from the WaveWatch III (WW3) global wave model.
+Download records for a single point from the WaveWatch III WW3 global wave model.
 
 ## installation
 
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 conda install -c anaconda netcdf4
 conda install -c conda-forge xarray
 ```
+
+## WaveWatch III parameters
+| Name  | Description  |
+|-------|--------------|
+| `longitude` | |
+| `latitude` | |
+| `time` | |
+| `MAPSTA` | status map |
+| `U10` | eastward wind |
+| `V10` | northward wind |
+| `CI` | sea ice area fraction |
+| `hs` | significant wave height |
+| `wl` | mean wave length |
+| `t02` | mean wave period Tm02 |
+| `t` | mean period Tm01 |
+| `tm0m1` |mean period Tm0-1 |
+| `CgE` | wave energy flux |
+| `fp` | peak wave frequency |
+| `dir` | mean wave direction |
+| `spr` | directional spread |
+| `dp` | peak direction |
+| `hs0` | significant wave height partition 0 |
+| `hs1` | significant wave height partition 1 |
+| `hs2` | significant wave height partition 2 |
+| `hs3` | significant wave height partition 3 |
+| `tp0` | peak period partition 0 |
+| `tp1` | peak period partition 1 |
+| `tp2` | peak period partition 2|
+| `tp3` | peak period partition 3 |
+| `lp0` | mean wave length partition 0 |
+| `lp1` | mean wave length partition 1 |
+| `lp2` | mean wave length partition 2 |
+| `lp3` | mean wave length partitions 3 |
+| `th0` | mean wave direction partition 0 |
+| `th1` | mean wave direction partition 1 |
+| `th2` | mean wave direction partition 2 |
+| `th3` | mean wave direction partition 3 |
+| `si0` | directional spread partition 0 |
+| `si1` | directional spread partition 1 |
+| `si2` | directional spread partition 2 |
+| `si3` | directional spread partition 3 |
+| `ws0` | wind sea fraction partition 0 |
+| `ws1` | wind sea fraction partition 1 |
+| `ws2` | wind sea fraction partition 2 |
+| `ws3` | wind sea fraction partition 3  |
+| `wsf` | wind sea fraction |
+| `pnr` | number of wave partitions |
+| `dtd` | dynamic time step |
+| `uust` | eastward friction velocities |
+| `vust` | northward friction velocities |
+| `cha` | Charnock coefficient |
+| `faw` | wind to wave energy flux |
+| `utaw` | eastward wave supported wind stress |
+| `vtaw` | northward wave supported wind stress |
+| `utwa` | eastward wave to wind stress |
+| `vtwa` | northward wave to wind stress |
+| `wcc` | whitecap coverage |
+| `Sxx` | xx radiation stress component |
+| `Syy` | yy radiation stress component |
+| `Sxy` | xz radiation stress component |
+| `utwo` | eastward wave to ocean stress |
+| `vtwo` | northward wave to ocean stress |
+| `uuss` | eastward surface stokes drift |
+| `vuss` | northward surface stokes drift |