Preface 



This report is the 14th in a series of annual data summaries authorized by Headquarters, US Army 

 Corps of Engineers (HQUSACE), under Civil Works Research Work Unit 32525, "Field Research 

 Facility Analysis", Coastal Flooding Program. Funds were provided through the US Army Engineer 

 Waterways Experiment Station (WES), Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC), under the 

 program management of Ms. Carolyn M. Holmes, CERC. The HQUSACE Technical Monitors were 

 Messrs. John H. Lockhart, Jr.; Barry Holliday; John G. Housley; and David Roellig. 



The data for the report were collected and analyzed at the WES/CERC Field Research Facility 

 (FRF) in Duck, NC. The report was prepared by Mr. Michael W. Leffler, FRF, under the direct 

 supervision of Mr. William A. Birkemeier, Chief, FRF Group, Engineering Development Division 

 (EDD), and Mr. Thomas W. Richardson, Chief, EDD; and under the general supervision of Dr. 

 James R. Houston and Mr. Charles C. Calhoun, Jr., Director and Assistant Director, CERC, respec- 

 tively. Mr. Kent K. Hathaway, FRF, assisted with instrumentation, and Mr. Brian L. Scarborough, 

 FRF, assisted with data collection. Messrs. Clifford F. Baron, Stuart Holme, Guan-hong Lee, 

 and Jonathan J. Lee, and Mses. Judy H. Roughton and Sharon Nearhoof assisted with data analysis at 

 the FRF. Additional assistance was provided by Ms. Dawn S. Miller, FRF. The National Oceanic 

 and Atmospheric Administration/National Ocean Service maintained the tide gage and provided statis- 

 tics for summarization. 



At the time of publication of this report, Director of WES was Dr. Robert W. Whalin. 

 Commander was LTC(P) Bruce K. Howard, EN. 



