Preface 



This report is the 16th in a series of annual data summaries authorized by 

 Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (HQUSACE), under Civil 

 Works Research Work Unit 32525, "Field Research Facility Analysis," 

 Coastal Flooding Program. Funds were provided through the U.S. 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 W. Holliday, and Charles Chesnutt. 



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, respectively. Mr. Kent K. 

 Hathaway, FRF, assisted with instrumentation. Mr. Brian L. Scarborough, 

 FRF, and Messrs. William T. Lease, Mason O. Cox, Mark A. Lampe, 

 Douglas A. Dorman, and Paul S. Magness assisted with data collection. 

 Messrs. Clifford F. Baron and Guan-hong Lee, and Ms. Judy H. Roughton 

 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 gauge and provided 

 statistics for summarization. 



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

 W. Whalin. Commander was COL Bruce K. Howard, EN. 



The contents of this report are not to be used for advertising, publication, 

 or promotional purposes. Glation of trade names does not constitute an 

 official endorsement or approval of the use of such commercial products. 



