DELILAH. The objectives were: 
a. To measure the wave and wind forced three-dimensional nearshore 
dynamics with specific emphasis on infragravity waves, shear waves, 
mean circulation, setup, runup, and wave transformation. 
b. To monitor the bathymetric response to these processes. 
Investigators 
The DELILAH investigators, their organizations at the time of the 
experiment, and general areas of scientific interest are listed below. 
U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Coastal and Hydraulics 
Laboratory: 
William Birkemeier - Morphology. 
Kent Hathaway - Runup, infragravity waves, morphology, remote sensing. 
Charles Long - Incident and reflected directional wave spectra. 
Nicholas Kraus - Longshore currents. 
Jane Smith - Vertical current profile, 2-D circulation. 
Todd Walton - Runup. 
Edward Thompson - Surf beat modeling. 
Naval Postgraduate School: 
Edward Thornton - Mean circulation, shear waves, rip currents. 
Naval Research Lab: 
Dennis Trizna - Radar measurements of waves and currents. 
Oregon State University: 
Rob Holman - Morphology, runup, shear waves, infragravity waves, video 
remote sensing. 
Peter Howd - Infragravity waves, morphology. 
Tom Lippman - Morphology, infragravity waves, video remote sensing. 
Todd Holland (also with the U.S. Geological Survey) - Runup, cusp 
formation. 
Scripps Institution of Oceanography: 
Robert Guza - Cross-shore and longshore currents, infragravity waves, 
wave transformation (also SAMSON Principal Investigator). 
Quest Integrated Inc.: 
Joan Oltman-Shay - Shear waves, infragravity waves (also SAMSON 
Principal Investigator) 
Washington State University: 
Steve Elgar - Incident and reflected directional wave spectra (also SAMSON 
Principal Investigator). 
Chapter 1 Introduction 
