An Introduction to metocean; Metocean terminology; Life cycle of an offshore development and metocean deliverables; Metocean data acquisition; Weather forecasts; Metocean data quality control and archiving; Development of operational statistics and design criteria; Metocean reports, contents, format and presentations;Climate variability and data trends; Metocean conditions around the world. Appendices: Metocean standards, policies and guidelines; Supplemental metocean terminology; Wave spectra; Extreme value analysis (EVA); Snow and ice