Current Obs XML: Marine and Surf obervations elements added to schema

Effective April 16, 2008, the schema for the current observation feeds has been updated for to include marine and surf related items
The updated XSD introduces 19 parameters related to marine and surf observations. These parameters will be included in XML observations when the data for each is available. The new parameters are:
water temperature: water_temp_f (fahrenheit) and water_temp_c (celsius),
wind and wind gusts (knots): wind_kt and wind_gust_kt,
pressure tendency: pressure_tendency_mb (millibars) and pressure_tendency_in (inches of mercury),
wave height: wave_height_m (meters) and wave_height_ft (feet),
wave periods (seconds), dominant and average: dominant_period_sec and average_period_sec,
mean wave direction: mean_wave_dir (16 point compass) and mean_wave_degrees (360 degrees),
tide information (reported by some buoys): tide_ft (feet),
wave steepness (ratio of wave height to wave length): steepness,
water column height (reported by DART buoys): water_column_height (meters),
surf height: surf_height_ft (feet),
swell: swell_dir (16 point compass), swell_degrees (360 degrees) and swell_period (seconds)

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