CONTENTS 



Page 



PREFACE 1 



LIST OF TABLES 4 



LIST OF FIGURES 5 



PART I : INTRODUCTION 9 



Background 9 



Organization of Report 11 



Availability of Data 11 



PART II : METEOROLOGY 14 



Air Temperature 14 



Atmospheric Pressure 16 



Precipitation 19 



Wind Speed and Direction 21 



PART III : WAVES 27 



Measurement Instruments 27 



Digital Data Analysis and Summarization 30 



Results 31 



PART IV: CURRENTS 47 



Observations 47 



Results 47 



PART V: TIDES AND WATER LEVELS 53 



Measurement Instrument 53 



Results 54 



PART VI : WATER CHARACTERISTICS 58 



Temperature 58 



Visibility ' 59 



Density 63 



PART VII : SURVEYS 65 



Bottom Elevation Histories 66 



Bathymetry 67 



PART VIII : PHOTOGRAPHY 68 



Aerial Photographs 68 



Beach Photographs 68 



PART IX: STORMS 72 



REFERENCES 74 



APPENDIX A: SURVEY DATA Al 



