Organization of Report 



5. This report is organized into nine parts and two appendixes. Part I 

 is an introduction; Parts II through VIII discuss the various data collected 

 during the year; and Part IX describes the storms that occurred. Appendix A 

 presents the bathymetric surveys conducted during the year, and Appendix B 

 (published under separate cover as Volume II) contains wave data statistics. 



6. In each part of this report, the respective instruments used for 

 monitoring the meteorological or oceanographic conditions are briefly 

 described along with data collection and analysis procedures and data results. 

 The instruments were interfaced with the primary data acquisition system, a 

 Data General Corporation (Westboro, MA) NOVA-4 minicomputer located in the FRF 

 laboratory building. More detailed explanations of the design and operation 

 of the instruments may be found in Miller (1980). Readers' comments on the 

 format and usefulness of the data presented are encouraged. 



Availability of Data 



7. Table 1 is intended as a quick reference guide to show the dates for 

 which various types of data are available. In addition to the wave data sum- 

 maries in the main text, more extensive summaries for each of the wave gages 

 are provided in Volume II, as discussed above. 



8. The annual data summary herein summarizes daily observations by 

 month and year to provide basic data for analysis by users. Daily measure- 

 ments and observations have already been reported in a series of monthly 

 Preliminary Data Summaries (Field Research Facility 1986). If individual data 

 for the present year are needed, the user can obtain detailed information (as 

 well as the monthly and previous annual reports) from the following address: 



USAE Waterways Experiment Station 



Coastal Engineering Research Center 



Field Research Facility 



SR Box 271 



Kitty Hawk, NC 27949-9440 



Although the data collected at the FRF are designed primarily to support on- 

 going CERC research, use of the data by others is encouraged. The WES/CERC 



