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LEO PERCENT OCCURRENCE OF WAVE PERIOD VS WAVE HEIGHT
1289T-PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA OATA COLLECTEO 01JAN84 TO 310EC34
HST (FT) 0 1 2 3 4 5 1
0.9 1.9 2.9 3.9 4.9 5.9 3.1
PER (SEC)
0-> 1.9 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0
2-> 3.9 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0
4-> 5.9 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0
6-» 7.9 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0
8-» 9.9 0. 11. 7. 0. 0. 0. 0
10->I1.9 0. 4. 28. 19. 2. 1. 0
12->13.9 0. 0. 0. 3. 8. 9. 4
14-»15.9 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 1. 2
16->17.9 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0
18->19.9 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0,
20->21.9 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0
22 . 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0
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PERCENT 0. IS. 34. 22. 11. 11. 7. 1. 0. 0. B. 0. 0. 0.
CALM - 8. PERCENT ( 59 OBSERVATIONS) TOTAL OBSERVATIONS - 741
ONLY REPORT IN THIS CATEGORY WHEN REAOY TO PROCEED: TYPE SPACE 8. CP.
Figure 8 - wave period vs wave height
5. Percent occurrence of wind speed vs wind direction
(Figure 9) - a tabular grid reports percent occurrence of "winds by speuit
and direction. Speed is presented in row order at two mile per hour
increments. Direction is presented In colimnar format by direction from
which the wind is cooing.
LEO PERCENT OCCURRENCE OF WIND SPEED VS WIND DIRECTION
12897-PANAUA CITY. FLORIDA OATA COLLECTEO 01JAN84 TO 31DEC84
DIRECTION N NE E SE S SW W NW PERCENT
SPEED (UPH)
0-> 1.9 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
2-» 3.9 .0 .4 .1 .7 .t .1 .0 .0 1.5
4-» 5.9 .0 .3 1.4 1.2 .5 .7 .5 .1 4.8
e~> 7.9 .4 .5 2.4 2.6 2.4 .7 .7 .7 10.5
B-> 9.9 .5 2.4 3.0 4.4 3.5 .8 .3 .8 15.8
i0-> 11.9 1.1 3.1 5.6 5.4 2.0 .4 .7 .6 19.2
12-> 13.9 .3 1.5 3.4 4.4 I.I .4 .1 .4 11.6
14-> 15.9 .5 .8 1.4 3.3 1.4 .3 .1 .8 8.S
16-> 17.9 1.4 2.3 I.I 2.9 .5 .1 .1 1.1 9.5
1B-> 19.9 1.4 1.4 .8 1.0 1.4 .1 .1 1.5 7.6
20-> 21.9 1.4 1.0 .7 1.1 1.0 .1 .1 1.1 6.4
22-> 23.9 .3 .7 .3 .1 .5 .0 .0 .5 2.4
24- .3 .1 .0 .0 .5 .1 .0 .8 1.9
PERCENT 7.5 14.6 20.1 28.9 15.1 3.9 2.9 8.7
!ALM - .3 PERCENT ( 2 OBSERVATIONS) TOTAL OBSERVATIONS - 73:
Figure 9 - Wind speed vs wind direction
Summary
The LEO program can provide an economic data base of coastal
information for areas where no other data exist or where funds are not
available for sophisticated Instrumentation. The program provides die i
of sufficient accurracy to determine seasonal and geographic trends and
to describe some key aspects of the nearshore environment. However, LEO
data must be used carefully with recognition of its limitations.