TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION 1 



METHOD ■'.' 2 



WAVE RECORDS 4 



DATA 5 



RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 5 



CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 8 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 61 



APPENDIX -SYNOPTIC WEATHER CONDITIONS A-l 



TABLES 

 I. OBSERVED WEATHER AND WAVE HEIGHTS AT VARIOUS STATIONS . . 9 

 II. NUMBER OF PROGNOSTIC WAVE - SPECTRA SAMPLES 10 



III. WAVE RECORD DATA SUMMARY 11 



IV. SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS -MEASURED VS. PREDICTED 12 



V. SCHEDULE OF FORECAST INTERVALS FOR VARIOUS SYNOPTIC 



TIMES 15 



VI. SURFACE WINDS - MEASURED VS. PREDICTED 16 



VII. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SUMMARY - USWB INPUT 19 



VIII. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SUMMARY - FNWF INPUT . . . 20 



IX. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS COMPARISONS 21 



