CONTENTS 



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PREFACE 1 



CONVERSION FACTORS, NON-SI TO SI (METRIC) UNITS OF MEASUREMENT 3 



PART I: INTRODUCTION 4 



Purpose of Study 4 



Physical Description of Kodiak and Vicinity 4 



PART II: HINDCAST EXTREMAL ANALYSIS 6 



Hindcast Data Selection 6 



Probability Distribution for the Number of Storms per Year .... 6 



Extremal Theory 10 



Extremal Plotting 12 



Estimate Reliability 17 



Wave Period Distribution 19 



PART III: ANALYSIS OF MEASURED WAVE DATA 21 



Data Description 21 



Data Selection 21 



Extremal Plotting of Monthly Maxima 22 



Discussion 26 



PART IV: ENERGY ATTENUATION FACTOR 27 



Analytical Procedures 27 



Wave Data Analysis 27 



PART V: ANALYSIS OF MEASURED WIND DATA 42 



NWS Data 42 



Puffin Island Data 43 



Comparison of NWS and Puffin Island Data 47 



Analysis of Annual Maxima for NWS Data 49 



Wave Forecasts Based on NWS Wind Data 49 



PART VI: WATER DEPTH AND WAVE BREAKING CONSIDERATIONS 53 



PART VII: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 55 



REFERENCES 57 



APPENDIX A 

 APPENDIX B 

 APPENDIX C 



KODIAK STORM DATA, 1956-1975 A1 



DATA PLOTS FOR PROPOSED EXTREMAL MODELS B1 



EXTREMAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF WIND VELOCITIES FOR 



WOMENS BAY AND GULF OF ALASKA CI 



