PREFACE 



This report is the result of a cooperative effort of the National Ocean 

 Service (NOS) , National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Commerce, and the Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC) of the 

 U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES). The study, based on a 

 comparison of historic survey data contained in the archives of NOS, was 

 funded jointly by the Office, Chief of Engineers, and the National Oceanic and 

 Atmospheric Administration. All survey data reduction and quality control 

 were performed by NOS; data analyses and report preparation were accomplished 

 primarily by CERC. 



The report was prepared by Dr. Craig H. Everts, CERC, and 

 Messrs. Jeter P. Battley, Jr., and Peter N. Gibson, NOS. The work was car- 

 ried out under the general supervision of Mr. N. E. Parker, Chief, Engineer- 

 ing Development Division, CERC; Mr. R. P. Savage, Chief, Research Division, 

 CERC; and Dr. R. W. Whalin, Chief, CERC. At CERC, Mr. Edward Hands developed 

 a computer program to analyze shoreline change data and Mr. Jon Berg reduced 

 the data. The section on historic inlets was researched by Ms. Marie Ferland, 

 CERC. Reviewers included Drs . Robert Byrne and Robert Dolan and 

 Messrs. William Birkmeier, Edward Hands, Thomas Jarrett, James Melchor, 

 Neill Parker, and S. Jeffress Williams. 



Commander and Director of WES during the publication of this report was 

 COL Tilford C. Creel, CE. Technical Director was Mr. F. R. Brown. 



