ANNUAL BULLETINS OF THE BEACH EROSION BOARD 



Volume 12 - July 1958 



" Additional Wave Statistics for Stations on Lake Michigan 

 and Lake Erie " 



Hindcast statistics for frequency of occurrence of wave height 

 classes based on 5 years of wind records were prepared in the 

 U. S. Army Engineer Division, North Central. These are pre- 

 sented for four stations (Milwaukee, Wise.; Muskegon, Mich.; 

 Cleveland, Ohio; and Buffalo, N. Y.) and compared with similar 

 statistics compiled at the Beach Erosion Board from data taken 

 from synoptic weather maps for a 3-year period. Differences 

 and reasons therefor are discussed. 



" Model Study of Wave Set-up Induced by Hurricane Waves 

 at Narrangansett Pier, Rhode Island " 



Results and description of small scale tests in a laboratory 

 wave tank to determine if wave action alone acts to induce rise, 

 or set-up, in water level at the shore in addition to the norm- 

 ally expected rise from storm surge are presented. It is indi- 

 cated that such wave-induced set-up does occur, and the amount 

 depends on relative slope of the bottom, wave height and wave 

 period. 



" Progress Reports on Research Sponsored by the Beach 

 Erosion Board " 



Summaries of progress made during the previous year on the 

 several research contracts in force between universities or 

 other institutions and the Beach Erosion Board, together with 

 brief statements regarding the status of some research projects 

 being prosecuted in the Board's laboratory, are presented. 



"Beach Erosion Studies" 



Summaries of completed cooperative study reports on Humboldt 

 Bay (Buhne Point), California} Sandy Hook to Barnegat Inlet, 

 New Jersey; Berrien County, Michigan; State of Connecticut - 

 Thames River to Niantic Bay; Palm Beach County, Florida, from 

 Lake Worth Inlet to South Lake Worth Inlet, and South Shore of 

 Key West, Florida, are presented. Listings of all completed 

 cooperative study reports and those studies still in progress 

 are also presented. 



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