Preface 



The study described herein was conducted by the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways 

 Experiment Station (WES), Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL). The work was 

 performed under Work Unit 32931 "Inlet Field Investigations" (IFI) in the Coastal 

 Inlets Research Program (CIRP). Additional funding for field work was supplied by 

 the U.S. Army Engineer District, Jacksonville (SAJ). 



During the design, site selection, and deployment phase of the project, Mr. Gary L. 

 Howell of the Coastal Sediments and Engineering Division (CS&ED), CHL, was the 

 CIRP Principal Investigator (PI) of the IFI Work Unit. Mr. W. Jeff Lillycrop of the 

 Coastal Evaluation and Design Branch (CE&DB), CHL, was the Technical Area 

 Leader responsible for the work unit. Following a reorganization of CIRP in 1997, 

 Mr. Thad C. Pratt of the Hydraulic Analysis Group (HAG), CHL, became the PI of 

 the IFI Work Unit, and Dr. Nicholas C. Kraus (CS&ED), CHL, the Technical 

 Coordinator. The CIRP Program Manager during the study was Mr. E. Clark 

 McNair, Jr. Technical Monitors of CIRP at Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of 

 Engineers, were Mr. John P. Bianco, Mr. Charles B. Chesnutt, and Mr. Barry W. 

 Holliday. 



Several WES personnel made substantial contributions to the data collection effort. 

 Planning for the data collection and deployment was managed by Mr. Paul Puckette, 

 formerly of the Prototype Measurement and Analysis Branch (PMAB), CHL. The 

 field data collection computers were programmed by Mr. Troy Nelson, formerly of 

 PMAB. Construction and deployment of the field instrumentation were supervised by 

 Mr. William E. Grogg, formerly of PMAB. Field deployment team members included 

 Mr. Ralph E. Ankeny, Mr. Larry G. Caviness, and Charles J. Mayers, all of PMAB. 

 Mr. Lillycrop and the Scanning Hydrographic Operational Airborne Lidar Survey 

 (SHOALS) team performed the bathymetric surveys. Mr. Michael W. Leffler of the 

 WES Field Research Facility (FRF) coordinated the beach profile surveys. Dr. Donald 

 K. Stauble (CE&DB) coordinated the collection of sediment samples. Mr. Kent K. 

 Hathaway (FRF) coordinated the collection of video imagery. Time series data 

 collection, analysis, and quality control were coordinated by Mr. William D. Corson, 

 along with Ms. Rhonda Lofton and Mr. James P. McKinney, all of PMAB. 



Several persons outside WES also participated. Mr. Thomas Martin (SAJ) was the 

 project liaison with the Jacksonville District. Mr. Daniel O'Brien of the Ponce de 

 Leon Port Authority provided local coordination and assistance obtaining permission 

 for occupying the gauge sites. The U.S. Coast Guard station at New Smyrna provided 



