The information documented is either in the form of a publication or 
stored as a data file in data banks. On each information sheet, the name, 
address, and telephone number of the source organization are provided at the 
top of the page. If the information is in the form of a publication, then the 
subject title, author's name, and publication number follow. The date of 
publication or publication interval is also provided. Location and time 
period in which the data were gathered are also included. The "contents" 
section provides a brief data description including the specific types of data 
presented in the publication. The telephone number and address at which the 
publication can be obtained are provided to benefit the users. 
If the data are stored in a data bank, the kind of data or the name of 
the data file is then given. Additional information concerning the data file 
includes locations, description of data, response format, qualified users, and 
point of contact. Minor variation in the format of presentations may occur in 
this report for the convenience of presentation. 
Appendices A-H of this report provide lists and addresses of information 
sources. 
Suggestions and Comments 
There are data sources, particularly sources from the private sector, 
that may have been left out of this report. Also, new data sources and/or 
data files may have been established since the publication of this report. In 
order to benefit the coastal engineering community with complete and up-to- 
date information, suggestions of new sources and data information are solici- 
ted; they should be sent to: 
Coastal Engineering Research Center 
USAE Waterways Experiment Station 
ATTN: WESCW-D 
PO Box 631 
Vicksburg, MS 39180-0631 
The Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC) will update the present publi- 
cation when the need becomes apparent. 
References 
National Academy of Sciences, "Information and Data Exchange for Ocean 
Engineers, An Approach to Improvement," Washington, DC, 1975. 
Shore Protection Manual, US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, 
Coastal Engineering Research Center, US Government Printing Office, 1984. 
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