Contents 



Preface vii 



Conversion Factors, Non-SI to SI Units of Measurement ix 



1— Introduction to the SUPERTANK Laboratory Data Collection Project 

 Nicholas C. Kraus, Jane McKee Smith 1 



Introduction 1 



Project Planning 3 



Project Procedure 5 



Core Measurements 9 



Test Series 14 



Summary and Future Activities 25 



Acknowledgements 26 



References 26 



2— Beach Profile Surveys and Sediment Sampling at SUPERTANK 



Nicholas C. Kraus, Daniel T. Cox, Cheryl Burke Pollack 39 



Introduction 39 



Experiment Apparatus 40 



Experiment Procedures 42 



Data Analysis 50 



Summary 52 



Acknowledgements 53 



References 53 



3-SUPERTANK Hydrodynamics 



Jane McKee Smith 55 



Introduction 55 



Experiment Apparatus 56 



Experiment Procedures 59 



Data Analysis 61 



Summary 72 



Acknowledgements 72 



