PREFACE 



This report is published to provide coastal engineers with a description 

 of beach changes at Atlantic City, New Jersey. The 11-year study was designed 

 to measure beach responses to storm events as well as seasonal variations, and 

 was begun shortly after, and as a consequence of the devastating storm of 5 to 

 9 March 1962. The work was carried out under the coastal processes program of 

 the U.S. Army Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC). 



The report was prepared by Dennis P. McCann with the assistance of 

 A.E. DeWall, under the general supervision of C. Mason, former Chief of the 

 Coastal Processes Branch, Research Division. 



The U.S. Army Engineer District, Philadelphia, performed all survey work 

 except for a period in 1963-64 when data collection was contracted to Mauzy, 

 Morrow & Associates of Lakewood, New Jersey. All data analyses and interpre- 

 tations were made at CERC with assistance by M. Fleming, T. Lawler, D. French, 

 A.E. DeWall, and W.A. Birkemeier. 



Special thanks are extended to the visual observers from the City 

 Engineer's Office of Atlantic City: J. Dolan, R. Badger, C. Turner, and 

 C. McDonnell. Thanks are also extended to C.H. Everts, C. Galvin, K. Jacobs, 

 M.T. Czerniak, and A.E. DeWall for their substantial contributions to this 

 report from previous work on this subject. The author acknowledges the 

 helpful review comments from A.E. DeWall, W.A. Birkemeier, C. Galvin, 

 R.M. Sorensen, and R.J. Hallermeier. 



Comments on this publication are invited. 



Approved for publication in accordance with Public Law 166, 79th Congress, 

 approved 31 July 1945, as supplemented by Public Law 172, 88th Congress, 

 approved 7 November 1963. 



TED E. BISHOP 



Colonel, Corps of Engineers 



Commander and Director 



