CONTENTS 



Page 



PREFACE 1 



PART I: INTRODUCTION 4 



Background 4 



Organization of Report 5 



Availability of Data 6 



PART II: METEOROLOGY 8 



Air Temperature 8 



Atmospheric Pressure 10 



Precipitation 11 



Wind Speed and Direction 13 



PART III: WAVES 22 



Measurement Instruments 22 



Digital Data Analysis and Summarization 23 



Results 25 



PART IV: CURRENTS 38 



Observations 38 



Results 38 



PART V: TIDES AND WATER LEVELS 41 



Measurement Instrument 41 



Results 42 



PART VI: WATER CHARACTERISTICS 45 



Temperature 45 



Visibility 46 



Density 47 



PART VII: SURVEYS 49 



PART VIII: PHOTOGRAPHY 51 



Aerial Photographs 51 



Beach Photographs 51 



PART IX: STORMS 58 



5 February 1990 59 



6 March 1990 60 



29 March 1990 61 



22-23 May 1990 62 



12-13 October 1990 63 



25-27 October 1990 64 



10 November 1990 65 



17-19 November 1990 66 



30 November 1990 67 



8-9 December 1990 68 



REFERENCES 69 



