Figure 17. Tidal mudflats in Upper Cook Inlet and the Head Region .........
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Figure 18. General surface circulation pattern in Cook Inlet ......................
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Figure 19. Summer surface circulation pattern in Lower Cook Inlet ..........
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Figure 20. Tidal ranges at various locations around Cook Inlet .................
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Figure 21. Alaska's climatic zones .............................................................
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Figure 22. Weather summary for Anchorage International Airport .............
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Figure 23. Average percent possible sunshine at Anchorage International
Airport from 1955 to 1993 .....................................................
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Figure 24. Weather summary for Kenai Municipal Airport ..........................
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Figure 25. Weather summary for Homer Municipal Airport ........................
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Figure 26. Weather summary for Kodiak Municipal Airport ........................
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Figure 27. Median monthly precipitation from 1961 to 1990 for four
Cook Inlet locations ..............................................................
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Figure 28. Total length of daylight for Alaska locations ..............................
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TABLES
Table 1. Vessel and structure damage in Cook Inlet caused by
floating ice ............................................................................
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Table 2. Dates of river ice break-up and freeze-up ....................................
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Table 3. Dates of first significant ice and ice-out for northern Cook Inlet ...
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Table 4. Dates of first significant ice for Upper and Lower Cook Inlet,
and corresponding freezing degree-days at Anchorage
and Kenai, respectively ........................................................
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Table 5. Ice design criteria for Cook Inlet petroleum industry platforms .....
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Table 6. Accumulated freezing and thawing degree-days at Anchorage,
Alaska, and calculated sea ice growth and melt in
Cook Inlet .............................................................................
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Table 7. Stream flow data for the Matanuska, Knik, and Susitna Rivers ....
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Table 8. Location and description of first-order Cook Inlet meteorological
stations used in this study ....................................................
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Table 9. Local times of sunrise and sunset at Kenai, Alaska, for the
year 2000 ..............................................................................
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