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1. REPORT NUMBER 



CETA 81-5 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO. 



3. RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUMBER 



4. TITLE (and Subtitle) 



THE LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT OBSERVATION (LEO) 

 DATA COLLECTION PROGRAM 



5. TYPE OF REPORT & PERIOD COVERED 



Coastal Engineering 

 Technical Aid 



6. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 



7. AUTHORfs; 



Christine Schneider 



8. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERfs; 



9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center (CEREN-EV) 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



D31181 



11. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



12. REPORT DATE 



March 1981 



13. NUMBER OF PAGES 

 23 



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15. SECURITY CLASS, (ol this report) 



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Approved for public release, distribution unlimited. 



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18. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 



19. KEY WORDS (Continue 



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Beach changes Wave climate 



Data collection Wind conditions 



Littoral environment observations 



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The Littoral Environment Observation (LEO) Program provides data on 

 nearshore waves, longshore and rip currents, wind conditions, and beach 

 conditions at low cost. This report presents guidelines and procedures for 

 LEO site selection and LEO data collection. 



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