CONTENTS 



TABLES — Continued 



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4 Summary of physical characteristics at Atlantic City 26 



5 Atlantic City storm data 33 



FIGURES 



1 Study area showing profile line locations 10 



2 Bathymetry off Absecon Island 11 



3 Structures along Absecon Inlet and Atlantic City ocean front 12 



4 Aerial view of Absecon Inlet and Atlantic City 14 



5 Southward decrease in median grain size at Atlantic City 15 



6 Median grain-size variation across profile at Atlantic City 16 



7 Median grain-size variation across profile at Atlantic City 16 



8 Monthly median grain-size variation at Atlantic City 16 



9 Wind data for Atlantic City 18 



10 Mean monthly wind speed and direction at Atlantic City 18 



11 Annual wind distribution by percent frequency and mean speed for 



Atlantic City 19 



12 Wave approach at Steel Pier 20 



13 Mean wave direction by month for visual observations obtained from 



January 1968 to October 1974 20 



14 Average significant wave height and average wave period by month 



from April 1964 to December 1967 21 



15 Means of wave periods for Atlantic City 21 



16 Maximums and means of significant wave height for Atlantic City 22 



17 Average number of tropical cyclones occurring per month in the 



North Atlantic Ocean 22 



18 Frequency of maximum monthly high tides at Atlantic City 25 



19 Change in sea level with respect to adjacent land for Atlantic City... 25 



20 Frequency of surveys at Atlantic City 27 



21 Total number of beach profile surveys, by month, at Atlantic City 27 



22 Surveying crew setting up for another reading 28 



23 Rodman in the surf 29 



24 BEP data processing 31 



25 Change in MSL shoreline at profile line, As 31 



26 Change in unit storage volume at profile line, Av 32 



27 Mean and standard deviation of unit volume changes by profile for 



17 selected storms at Atlantic City 34 



