CONTENTS 

 TABLES — Continued 



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5 Data availability for 1979 28 



6 Joint distribution of significant wave height versus peak period 



at Nags Head, North Carolina, during 1977 30 



7 Joint distribution of significant wave height versus peak period 



at FRF nearshore Baylor gage (615) during 1978.. 31 



8 Joint distribution of significant wave height versus peak period 



at FRF pier-end Baylor gage (625) during 1978 32 



9 FRF tide gage histories 34 



10 Tide statistics for the pier-end NOS primary tide station 865-1370 



at pier-end station 19+60 35 



11 Tide statistics for the nearshore tide gage 865-1371 at pier 



station 7+20 36 



12 Annueil meteorological data summary for 1978 .....<. 37 



13 Annual meteorological data summary for 1979 38 



14 LEO data summary, 27 July to 30 December 1977 39 



15 LEO data summary , 3 January to 29 December 1978 39 



16 LEO data summary, 2 January to 28 December 1979 39 



FIGURES 



1 FRF location map 10 



2 Location of the FRF instrumentation 13 



3 Samples of meteorological instrument chart records 18 



4 Sea sled used in the 1979 bathjnmetric survey 21 



5 Flight lines for aerial photography missions 23 



6 Wave height statistics for Nags Head, North Carolina, 1977-79 29 



7 Wave height statistics at the FRF pier end, 1977-79 29 



8 Annual cumulative significant wave height distributions at Nags Head 



and the FRF pier-end Baylor gages 33 



9 Peak period distributions at Nags Head and the FRF pier-end 



Baylor gages 33 



