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specific storms. Therefore, the effect of individual storms can be compared 

 and studied at beaches with different characteristics (i.e. slope, sediment 

 size, beach width, etc.). Secondly, this study makes use of the Phase III 

 hindcast wave data generated by the Wave Information Study (WIS) of CERC 

 (Jensen 1983). These hindcast data provide a consistent estimate of the 

 significant wave height at 3-hr intervals for each period between the BEP 

 surveys. Actual water level measurements from the tide gages shown in Figure 

 1, for each of the storms, are also presented. 



8. This report is organized into five parts and 14 appendixes. Part 

 II describes the methods of collection, analysis, and presentation of the 

 data. Part III introduces the seven localities and their characteristics and 

 discusses their response to storms in general. Part IV presents results of 

 the analysis of the data, including summary and extreme statistics. Part V 

 summarizes the report. Appendixes A through M present data from each of the 

 13 storms. Appendix N addresses how to obtain magnetic tape copies of the 

 data and describes the data format. 



