Contents 



Page 



Preface vi 



1— Introduction 1 



Background 1 



Organization of Report 2 



Availability of Data 3 



2— Meteorology 5 



Air Temperature 6 



Atmospheric Pressure 7 



Precipitation 9 



Wind Speed and Direction 9 



3-Waves 19 



Measurement Instruments 19 



Digital Data Analysis and Summarization 21 



Results 22 



4— Currents 35 



Observations 35 



Results 35 



5— Tides and Water Levels 38 



Measurement Instrument 38 



Results 39 



6— Water Characteristics 42 



Temperature 42 



Visibility 43 



Density 44 



