Preface 



This report indexes parameters of and describes means of access to a series of 

 wind wave frequency-direction spectral observations made with a six-element, 

 high-resolution directional wave gauge at Texaco Oil Company's Harvest Plat- 

 form. The work was motivated by a need to publicize these results so they can be 

 used by all investigators interested in natural wind wave energy distributions at a 

 deepwater site near the exposed California coast. This effort was authorized by 

 Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (HQUSACE), under Civil Works 

 Coastal Navigation Hydrodynamics Program Research Work Unit 32484, "Direc- 

 tionality of Waves in Shallow Water." Funds were provided through the Coastal 

 Engineering Research Center (CERC), U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experi- 

 ment Station (WES), under the program management of Ms. Carolyn M. Holmes, 

 CERC. Messrs. John H. Lockhart, Jr., Charles Chesnutt, and Barry W. Holliday 

 were HQUSACE Technical Monitors. 



This report was prepared by Dr. Charles E. Long, under the direct supervision 

 of Mr. William A. Birkemeier, Chief, Field Research Facility (FRF), CERC, and 

 Mr. Thomas W. Richardson, Chief, Engineering Development Division (EDD), 

 CERC. General supervision was provided by Dr. James R. Houston and Mr. 

 Charles C. Calhoun, Jr., Director and Assistant Director, CERC, respectively. 



Mr. David D. McGehee, Prototype Measurement and Analysis Branch, EDD, 

 CERC, was instrumental in coordinating the efforts of CERC and the State of Cal- 

 ifornia in data archiving and gauge maintenance by the Coastal Data Information 

 Program (CDIP) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO). Data transfer be- 

 tween SIO and the FRF was coordinated under the direction of Dr. Richard J. 

 Seymour, CDIP, with particularly helpful assistance from Ms. Julianna Thomas, 

 CDIP. Ms. Judy H. Roughton, FRF, produced Figure 1 of this report. The contri- 

 butions of all these individuals are gratefully acknowledged. 



At the time of publication of this report, Director of WES was Dr. Robert W. 

 Whalin. Commander was COL Bruce K. Howard, EN. 



The contents of this report are not to be used for advertising, publication, 

 or promotional purposes. Citation of trade names does not constitute an 

 official endorsement or approval of the use of such commercial products. 



