We visited Concordia in October to get
acquainted with instruments coastal engineers use to conduct field
measurements. We calculated wind speed and direction as well as
temperature using an anemometer. We also measured the topography of the
bluff. Some of our calculations are shown in the chart below.
| SOUTHERN
PROFILE |
| Angle |
Diagonal Distance (ft) |
Vertical Height (ft) |
| -10.5 |
8.9 |
0 |
| -3.4 |
11.3 |
3 |
| 6 |
16.4 |
11 |
| 15 |
28.1 |
29 |
| 18.1 |
62 |
68 |
| 19.8 |
74 |
88 |
| 21 |
90.4 |
112 |
| 21.7 |
97 |
123 |
| TIME |
HEIGHT (ft) |
WIND (knots) |
DIRECTION |
TEMP (F) |
| 11:13 |
2.2 |
0.7 |
SE |
76.2 |
| 11:37 |
6.11 |
1.7 |
SE |
74.6 |
| 11:18 |
10.02 |
1.5 |
SE |
72.1 |
| 11:23 |
13.93 |
1.5 |
SE |
70.1 |
| 11:28 |
17.84 |
1.7 |
SE |
72.6 |
| 11:32 |
21.75 |
2.5 |
SE |
72.9 |
| CENTER
PROFILE |
| Angle |
Diagonal Distance (ft) |
Vertical Height (ft) |
| 2.9 |
13 |
7 |
| 5.2 |
24.8 |
12 |
| 9.4 |
37 |
25 |
| 11.5 |
48 |
36 |
| 12.8 |
59 |
48 |
| 13.4 |
77 |
64 |
| 14.2 |
89.4 |
77 |
| 15 |
99.6 |
90 |
| 15.1 |
117 |
105 |
| 15.9 |
122 |
115 |
| NORTHERN
PROFILE |
| Angle |
Diagonal Distance (ft) |
Vertical Height (ft) |
| -31.1 |
2.6 |
0 |
| 6.6 |
7.3 |
8 |
| 14 |
13.4 |
16 |
| 18.9 |
78.5 |
89 |
| 19.8 |
76 |
90 |
| 20.9 |
93 |
114 |
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