CABLE AMD ANCHOR REEF 



11 April -20 May, 1978 



TABLE 1-3 





Total OBS. 

 Current 



Tidal Cur- 

 rent Inc. 

 Mean 



Residual 

 Current 



Mean 

 Current 



^emi -major axis 

 (cm/sec) 



15.3 



14. T3 



6.11 



- 



Semi -mi nor axis 

 (cm/sec) 



6.0 



3.75 



4.80 



- 



Direction 

 (°T) 



79.6 



- 



- 



- 



Horizontal Kinetic 

 energy (cm^/sec^) 



134.70 



106.88 



30.19 



2.37 



10% Highest speeds 

 (cm/sec) 



29.6 

 10% 



- 



- 



- 



Peak speed 

 (cm/sec) 



- 



28.13 



- 



- 



Average maximum 

 soeed (cm/sec) 



- 



20.68 



- 



- 



The burst of energy resulting from the easterly storm that occurred in the 

 New Haven current data appears at the end of day 32 of the Western Long Island 

 Sound data. At New Haven, the effect of the storm could be seen throunh two 

 tidal cycles while in this set of data a single peak of 65 cm/sec was observed, 

 that is "lore than twice the average maximum speed. 



At the Cable and Anchor Reef station, located approximately 2 NM west of 

 the Western Long Island Sound Station, the currents are significantly less. *-Th§- 

 10% highest speeds at Western Long Island Sound are on the order of 40-45 cm/sec 

 while at Cable and Anchor Reef, they are only 30 cm/sec. It should be noted, 



