CONTENTS 



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CONVERSION FACTORS, U.S. CUSTOMARY TO METRIC (SI) .... 9 



I INTRODUCTION 11 



1. Previous Work 11 



2. Study Area 13 



3. Climate 20 



4. Oceanographic Data 21 



5. Beach Material 24 



II PROCEDURE 27 



1. Littoral Parameters 27 



2. Beach Profile Surveys 30 



3. Survey Precision 34 



4. Data Reduction 34 



5. MSL Position and Unit Volume 36 



III RESULTS: LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT OBSERVATIONS 38 



1. Statistical Significance 38 



2. Winds and Storms 39 



3. Wave Observations 43 



4. Longshore Current Observations 49 



5. Longshore Transport 53 



6. Tides 55 



7. Other Observations 55 



IV RESULTS: BEACH SURVEYS 55 



1. Pipe Profile Method 55 



2. Jupiter 62 



3. Boca Raton 69 



4. Hollywood 87 



5. Three-Hourly Observations 88 



V SW4MARY 95 



1. Observations 95 



2. Seasonal Changes 96 



3. Transport 96 



4. Wave Statistics 100 



5. Coastal Engineering Design Implications 101 



LITERATURE CITED 102 



APPENDIX 



A RAPID SEDIMENT ANALYZER RESULTS 107 



B PROFILE DOCUMENTATION 113 



C LEO SUMMARY REPORT . 121 



