Contents 



Page 



1 Introduction 1 



Background 1 



Organization of Report 1 



Availability of Data 2 



2 Meteorology 4 



Air Temperature 4 



Atmospheric Pressure 6 



Precipitation 7 



Wind Speed and Direction 9 



3 Waves 18 



Measurement Instruments 18 



Digital Data Analysis and Summarization 19 



Results 20 



4 Currents 34 



Observations 34 



Results 34 



5 Tides and Water Levels 37 



Measurement Instrument 37 



Results " 37 



6 Water Characteristics 41 



Temperature 41 



Visibility 42 



Density 43 



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