Figure 1 . FRF location and offshore bathymetry 



repeated surveys (Howd and Birkemeier 1987). Figure 2 illustrates the 

 bathymetry over a region 600 m north to 600 m south of the pier and extend- 

 ing about 900 m offshore. 



Regional climate 



The site is subject to a variety of climates that give rise to a broad diversi- 

 ty in frequency and directionally distributed wave energy. Typical wind and 

 wave climate for the period covered by this report can be roughly classified as 

 four basic types (Miller et al. 1988; Leffler et al. 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 

 1993). First are low-wind situations, where the wave field is characteristically 

 low-frequency swell propagating in from the open Atlantic Ocean. These 



Chapter 2 Measurement Scheme 



