Table 2. Buoy 42007
x
^
Year Month
Number Cor Circor Resultant Variance Standard deviation
(deg)
(deg)
(deg)
1997
4
-2.6
-0.11
-5.08
9.25
234
0.874 0.847
0.944
0.056
0.334
1997
5
-10.27
-0.67
-19.88
3.37
49
0.865 0.782
0.835
0.165
0.574
1997
6
10.6
14.2
7
16.2
62
0.775 0.772
0.969
0.031
0.251
1997
7
1.52
5.91
-2.87
15.08
45
0.967 0.896
0.966
0.034
0.26
1997
8
42.99
45.92
40.06
184.16
8
0.857 0.857
0.997
0.003
0.074
1997
9
16.11
19.53
12.68
20.45
54
0.883 0.868
0.975
0.025
0.223
1997
10
13.61
16.21
11.01
6.93
291
0.836 0.791
0.925
0.075
0.388
1997
11
7.32
11.51
3.13
6.62
118
0.805 0.784
0.921
0.079
0.397
1997
12
-1.46
2.31
-5.22
7.53
127
0.539 0.793
0.931
0.069
0.371
4 20 0 7
1
20
0.9
15
0.8
0.7
10
0.6
0.5
5
0.4
0
0.3
Dir diff
0.2
Concentration
-5
Correlation
0.1
-10
0
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
Months in 1 997
Figure 2. 1997 directional statistics for 42007 and WIS. Mean directional difference and concentration are
plotted on the left-hand y-axis and circular correlation is plotted on the right-hand y-axis.
60
4 2007
40
20
0
-20
-40
10
20
30
D ays in November, 19 97
Figure 3. Directional differences in degrees for 42007 in November, 1997.