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Figure 1. FRF location map 



Organization of Report 



This report is organized into nine chapters and five appendixes. Chapter 1 

 is an introduction; Chapters 2 through 8 discuss the various data collected 

 during the year; and Chapter 9 describes the storms that occurred. Appendix 

 A presents the bathymetric surveys, Appendix B summarizes deepwater wave 

 statistics, and Appendixes C through E (published under separate cover as 

 Volume II) contain summary statistics for other gauges. 



In each chapter of this report, the respective instruments used for 

 monitoring the meteorological or oceanographic conditions are briefly 

 described, along with data collection and analysis procedures and data results. 

 The instruments were interfaced with the primary data acquisition system, a 

 Digital Equipment Corporation (Maynard, MA) VAX-1 1/750 minicomputer 

 until June when it was replaced with a Digital Equipment Corporation 

 VAXstation 4000 located in the FRF laboratory building. More detailed 

 explanations of the design and the operation of the instruments may be found 

 in Miller (1980). Readers' comments on the format and usefulness of the data 

 presented are encouraged. 



Chapter 1 Introduction 



