LIST OF TABLES 



No. Page 



1 1981 Data Availability 25 



2 Meteorological Data Summary for 1981 26 



3 Monthly Extreme Air Temperatures Measured at FRF Since 1978 ... 28 



4 Monthly Precipitation Extremes and Means, 1978-1981 29 



5 Resultant Wind Speeds and Directions for 1980 Plus 1981 32 



6 1981 Joint Distribution of Wave Height Versus Wave Period 



for Gage 625 45 



7 1981 Monthly Mean Longshore Surface Current Speed and 



Direction 50 



8 1981 Monthly, 1979, 1980, and 1981 Annual, and 1979-1981 



Cumulative Tidal Means and Extremes at Seaward End 



of FRF Pier 54 



9 Monthly Mean Sea Surface Water Characteristics 59 



10 Sediment Distribution Summary for Profile 188, 



15 October 1981 72 



11 1981 Aerial Photography Inventory 74 



LIST OF FIGURES 



1 Location of Field Research Facility 7 



2 FRF instrumentation locations 12 



3 Sample chart records for the microbarograph, rain gage, 



and pyranograph 20 



4 Quarterly aerial photography flight lines, 1981 23 



5 Monthly high and low air temperatures 27 



6 1981 plus 1980 and 1981 annual wind roses for FRF, 



reference true north 30 



7 1981 plus 1980 seasonal wind roses for FRF, reference 



true north 31 



8 1981 seasonal wind roses for FRF, reference true north 34 



9 Wind roses for January, February, and July 1981 and 1980, 



reference true north 35 



10 1981 plus 1980 monthly wind roses for FRF, reference 



true north 36 



11 1981 monthly wind roses for FRF, reference true north 38 



12 1981 annual wave height distributions for all FRF gages 40 



13 1981 seasonal wave height distributions for gage 625 41 



