Table 7, Mean 



values for each }1„ 



^Annual means: Hg = 94 centimeters and !„ = 8.9 seconds for Nags Head; 

 H, = 87 centimeters and Tp = 13.2 seconds for Huntington Beach. 



^No cases in the Hg - Tp groups. 



^Parentheses indicate value is based on less than 10 cases. 



Tp(s) 



Hg(c:n) 



to 30 i 30 to 61 1 61 to 91 | 91 to 122 | 122 to 152 | 152 to 183 | 183 to 213 



Nags Head, N.C. | 



to 1 



1 to 2 



2 to 3 



3 to 4 



4 to 5 



5 to 6 



6 to 6.6 

 6.6 to 7.2 



7.2 to 7.8 

 7.8 to 8.5 

 8.5 to 9.3 



9.3 to 10.3 

 10.3 to 11.6 

 11.6 to 13.3 

 13.3 to 15.5 

 15.5 to 18.6 



2 



— - 



1.55 



1.62 

 1.66 

 1.93 

 2.13 

 2.25 

 1.95 

 1.96 

 1.71 

 1.51 

 1.50 







1.73 

 1.55 

 1.85 

 2.26 

 1.92 

 1.98 

 1.91 

 1.63 

 1.57 



1.86 

 1.59 

 1.61 



1.76 



1.65 

 1.69 

 1.31 



(2.21)3 



1.99 

 (1.90) 

 (1.72) 



1.83 

 (1.56) 

 (1.64) 



1.65 

 (1.43) 



1.47 

 (1.34) 

 (1.16) 



(1.65) 

 (1.70) 

 (1.86) 

 (2.01) 

 (2.02) 

 (1.61) 

 (1.88) 

 (1.51) 

 (1.28) 

 1.49 

 (1.25) 

 (1.08) 



— — 



Huntington Beach, Calif. 1 



to 1 



1 to 2 



2 to 3 



3 to 4 



4 to 5 



5 to 6 



6 to 6.6 

 6.6 to 7.2 



7.2 to 7.8 

 7.8 to 8.5 

 8.5 to 9.3 



9.3 to 10.3 

 10.3 to 11.6 

 11.6 to 13.3 

 13.3 to 15.5 

 15.5 to 18.6 







1.98 

 1.80 



2.25 

 2.01 

 2.16 

 2.00 



2.33 



2.31 

 2.22 

 2.46 



1.82 



2.65 

 2.34 

 2.38 



(1.50) 



(2. IS) 

 (2.21) 

 (2.23) 

 (2.75) 

 (2.26) 

 (2.81) 

 (3.11) 

 (1-79) 



(1.70) 



(1.84) 

 (1.64) 



(4.05) 

 (1-67) 

 (3.59) 

 (2.04) 



Table 8. Statistics on skewness 



and kurtosis of di 



stribution 



of sea-surface e 



le vat ions. 



Location 



Cases 



Mean 

 skewness 



Mean 

 kurtosis 



Correlate 



ons 



Skewness vs. 



-H^ vs. 











kurtosis 



skehTiess 



Atlantic City, N.J. 



1,037 



0.36 



3.36 



0.84 



0.82 



Virginia Seach, Va. 



982 



0.27 



5.26 



0.58 



0.51 



Nags Head, N.C. 



945 



0.41 



5.38 



0.56 



0.64 



Lake Worth, Fla. 



982 



0.37 



3.43 



0.84 



0.56 



Naples, Fla. 



866 



0.16 



3.17 



0.23 



0.53 



Michigan City, Ind. (buoy) 



246 



-0.03 



4.30 



0.49 



0.09 



Michigan City, Ind. (pressure) 



127 



-0.17 



4.76 



0.15 



0.17 



Presque Isle, Pa. (buoy) 



110 



-0.20 



3.86 



0.96 



0.04 



Presque Isle, Pa. (pressure) 



119 



-0.02 



2.45 



0.75 



0.15 



Huntington Beach, Calif. 



746 



0.24 



3.13 



0.S8 



0.51 



Pt. Mugu, Calif. 



799 



0.06 



3.00 



0.25 



0.23 



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