WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND 

 12 April-! July, 1978 



TABLE 1-1 





Total OBS. 

 Current 



rWifinr- 



Mean 



Residual 

 Current 



Mean 

 Current 



Semi -major axis 

 (cm/sec) 



16.9 



16.17 



8.92 



- 



Semi -mi nor axis 

 (cm/sec) 



5.5 



4.11 



4.42 



- 



Direction 

 (°T) 



73.7 



- 



- 



- 



Horizontal Kinetic 

 energy (cm- ? /sec 2 ) 



157.90 



139.23 



49.55 



30.88 



10% Highest speeds 

 (cm/ sec) 



40.1 

 9.9% 



- 



- 



- 



Peak speed 

 (cm/sec) 





28.35 



- 



- 



Average maximum 

 speed (cm/sec) || 



- 



23.60 



- 





WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND 

 26 July-7 Sept., 1978 



TABLE 1-2 





Total OBS. 

 Current 



Tidal Cur- 

 rent Inc. 

 Mean 



Residual 

 Current 



Mean 

 Current 





Semi -major axis 

 (cm/sec) 



19.3 



18.30 



10.64 



- 





Semi -minor axis 

 (cm/ sec) 



7.0 



7.61 



4.71 



- 





Direction 

 o T ) 



67.0 



- 



- 



- 





Horizontal Kinetic 

 energy (cm 2 /sec 2 ) 



210.65 



196.35 



67.60 



53.43 





10% Highest spe°ds 

 (cm/sec) 



44.0 

 9.5% 



- 



- 



- 





Peak speed 

 icm/sec) 



_ 



32.98 



- 



- 





Average maximum 

 speed (cm/sec) 



28.02 



- 



- 





