Summary and Analysis of Physical Oceanographic and Meteorological Information on the Continental Shelf and Blake Plateau from Cape Hatteras to Cape Canaveral. Volume 1. Executive Summary

摘要

This report represents the synthesis and analysis of the physical oceanographic and meteorological data on the Continental Shelf and Blake Plateau from Cape Hatteras to Cape Canaveral. Numerous information sources were searched to obtain an analysis of the climatology, wave data, hydrography, and the circulation of the Continental Shelf Waters, which are crucial to platform construction, safety procedures and management decisions. Seasonal variances of air temperature, wind speed and wind direction, cloud cover, cloud ceilings, visibility, precipitation, storms, weather fronts, solar radiation and precipitation run-off are discussed and summarized.