Table 1.

The non-dimensional parameters ω and ε are of the same order of magnitude for typical values of water depth and wave amplitude for offshore ocean waves near the Equator.

		ε=a/h0
h0		a=1 m	a=3 m	a=5 m	a=7 m	a=9 m
1500 m	0.0009	0.0007	0.0020	0.0033	0.0047	0.0060
2000 m	0.0010	0.0010	0.0015	0.0025	0.0035	0.0045
2500 m	0.0012	0.0004	0.0012	0.0020	0.0028	0.0036
3000 m	0.0013	0.0003	0.0010	0.0017	0.0023	0.0030
3500 m	0.0014	0.0003	0.0009	0.0014	0.0020	0.0026
4000 m	0.0015	0.0003	0.0008	0.0013	0.0018	0.0023