"Beach Erosion. Studies" 



Summary of completed cooperative study report on Colonial 

 Beach, Virginia, and listing of studies still in progress. 



"Beach Erosion Literature" 



Abstracts of acquisitions to the Board's Library. 



ISSUE NO. 2 - 1 April 1950 



I I -A "Wave Dimensions in the North and Baltic Seas" by E. Mewes, 

 October 1937 



Translation of a paper originally published in German. 

 Results of observations and measurements of the state of 

 the sea made in 1936-37 are reported and evaluated. 

 Recorded and estimated wave dimensions are compared. 

 Wave dimensions for different states of the sea are dis- 

 cussed. 



II-A "A Method of Estimating Wave Direction" by D. R. Forrest 

 D 



A sighting bar attachment for an ordinary transit, enabling 

 wave direction to be estimated is described and its use 

 discussed. 



"Expansion of Beach Erosion Board Research Facilities" 



Photographs of large outdoor wave tank and shore processes 

 test basin under construction. 



"Beach Erosion Studies" 



Summaries of completed cooperative study reports on South 

 Shore of State of Rhode Island, Ash Creek to Saugatuck 

 River and Hammonasset River to East River in the State of 

 Connecticut, Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Cleveland and 

 Lakewood, Ohio are presented. Listing of studies still in 

 progress is also given. 



"Beach Erosion Literature" 



Abstracts of acquisitions to the Board's Library. 



ISSUE NO. 3 - 1 ^uly 1950 



II-A "Southern Hemisphere Swell and Waves from a Tropical Storm 

 C at Long B each, California" by Paul L, Horrer 



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