The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is an American scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce that focuses on the conditions of both the ocean and the atmosphere. The NOAA warns of dangerous weather, charts seas, and conducts research to improve understanding and protection of the marine environment. The agency provides a weather radio (NWR), which broadcasts warnings, watches, forecasts, and other hazard information 24 hours a day. The data they provide for the public eye is uncompressed and suitible for statistical calculation. The data manipulated in this project is collected from the NOAA’s Natural Data Buoy Center. The center includes many collecting sites from all over the world that gather data regarding wave height, period, direction, and steepness. The specific wave-height data used in this project is gathered from Buoy Station 51201, which is located in Hawaii’s Waimea Bay. This pacific archipelago is renowned for its powerful waves that attract surfers from around the world.
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