Organization of Report 



5. This report is organized as follows: 



a. Part I - Introduction. 



b. Part II - Meteorology. 

 £. Part III - Waves. 



d. Part IV - Currents. 



e. Part V - Tides and Water Levels. 



f. Part VI - Water Characteristics. 



g. Part VII - Surveys. 



h. Part VIII - Photography. 



i. Part IX - Storms. 

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

 the meteorological or oceanographic conditions are briefly described. These 

 instruments are interfaced with the primary data acquisition system, a Data 

 General Corporation (Westboro, Mass.) NOVA-4 minicomputer located in the FRF 

 laboratory building. More detailed explanations of the instrument design and 

 operation may be found in Miller (1980). Additionally, each part of the re- 

 port presents data collection and analysis procedures as well as results. 



6. As a result of reader comments on prior reports, this report has 

 been reorganized. Now, with the instrument descriptions and the data collec- 

 tion and analysis procedures in the same section as the data, it will be more 

 convenient to find the information necessary for proper interpretation of the 

 results. Another revision in the report involves the wave data which in the 

 past has been included in Appendix B but is now being published under separate 

 cover as Appendix C (Volume II) which contains gage histories; wave height, 

 period, and direction distributions and other statistics; and spectra during 

 storms. As usual, 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 and Appendix B, more extensive summaries for each of 

 the gages are provided under separate cover as discussed above. 



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