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researchers, including those who did not participate in SUPERTANK. The 

 first year after SUPERTANK was devoted to reduction of all major data sets, 

 converting quantities to engineering units, and cleaning and organizing the 

 data, and the second year to preparation of this report. The third year will in- 

 clude data exchange among SUPERTANK investigators and more refined data 

 analysis. In September 1994, 3 years after SUPERTANK was performed, the 

 data will be made available to the public. 



SUPERTANK succeeded as a cooperative multi-institutional data collec- 

 tion project in which investigators shared resources and expertise toward 

 achieving common goals. Advancements in engineering tools, such as 

 improvement of numerical models of beach change and wave transformation 

 through the surf zone, as well as improved understanding of basic sediment 

 transport and bottom boundary layer processes, are already emerging from the 

 project. 



Acknowledgements 



SUPERTANK succeeded through the efforts of numerous individuals who 

 assisted over several years in planning, instrument testing, mobilization, exe- 

 cution of the project, and subsequent demobilization. 



The persistence and professionalism of the investigators and the technical 

 support staff of the WRL will be forever engraved in the huge, high-quality 

 data sets they created for coastal engineering. We thank Mr. Jesse Pfeiffer, 

 formerly of Headquarters, USACE, for assisting in the difficult contracting 

 process, and Messrs. Terry Dibble, William Hollings, and David Standley of 

 the WRL and Mr. William Grogg of CERC for electronic, mechanical, and 

 computer support. The logistics support (donuts, coffee, and barbecues) at the 

 WRL provided by Ms. Cheryl Zedwick and Dr. Chuck Sollitt (who also came 

 by at all hours of the night to check on channel water levels during filling) 

 will also be remembered. The dedication of the entire SUPERTANK team - 

 investigators and students - made SUPERTANK a success to provide 

 researchers with data for probably decades of future studies of cross-shore 

 hydrodynamic and sediment transport processes. 



References 



BEB (Beach Erosion Board). (1936). "Wave tank experiments on sand move- 

 ment," Vol. 2, Office, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C. 



Birkemeier, W. A., Baron, C. F., Leffler, M. W., Hathaway, K. K., Miller, 

 H. C, and Strider, J. B., Jr. (1989). "SUPERDUCK nearshore processes 

 experiment data summary, CERC Field Research Facility," Miscellaneous 

 Paper CERC-89-16, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, 

 Vicksburg, MS. 



Chapter 1 Introduction to SUPERTANK 



