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1. REPORT NUMBER 



CETA 81-11 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO. 



3. RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUMBER 



4- TITLE (and Subtitle) 



FAST, ACCURATE TWO-PERSON BEACH SURVEYS 



TYPE OF REPORT & PERIOD COVERED 



Coastal Engineering 

 Technical Aid 



6. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 



7. AUTHORfs; 



William A. Birkemeier 



8. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERfoJ 



PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERRE-FR) 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5196 



D31467 



. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5196 



. REPORT DATE 



August 1981 



. NUMBER OF PAGES 

 17 



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Beach profile 



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Beach survey 



Surveying methods 



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Generally, the most accurate beach survey data are obtained using a surveying 

 level to determine elevation and a tape to measure distance; however, this proce- 

 dure requires a minimum of three people. Commonly used two-person surveying 

 procedures are stadia surveying and the Emery method. In stadia surveying, a 

 level is used to determine elevation; distance is indirectly determined by two 

 additional readings of the level rod. This method gives the same elevation accu- 

 racy of level and tape surveying, but requires careful readings of the level rod 



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