PREFACE 



The study described herein was authorized as part of the Civil Works 

 Research and Development Program by Headquarters , US Army Corps of Engineers 

 (HQUSACE) . Work was performed under the Inlet Stability Work Unit 32526, 

 which is part of the Harbor Entrances and Coastal Channels Program conducted 

 at the Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC) , US Army Engineer Waterways 

 Experiment Station (WES), Vicksburg, MS. Messrs. John H. Lockhart, Jr.; John 

 G. Housley; Robert H. Campbell; and James E. Crews were HQUSACE Technical 

 Monitors. Dr. Charles L. Vincent, CERC, was Program Manager. 



This study was performed and the report prepared over the period 1 March 

 through 30 December 1990 by Dr. Michael Amein, Amein and Associates, Raleigh, 

 NC, and Dr. Nicholas C. Kraus , Senior Scientist, CERC. Ms. Kathryn J. 

 Gingerich, formerly of the Coastal Processes Branch (CPB) , Research Division 

 (lU)) , was Principal Investigator of Work Unit 32526 during the inception and 

 research stages of the study, and Ms. Julie Dean Rosati, CPB, was the Princi- 

 pal Investigator during report preparation and publication. Dr. Kraus was 

 under the administrative supervision of Dr. James R. Houston, Chief, CERC, and 

 Mr. Charles C. Calhoun, Jr., Assistant Chief, CERC. Mses. Gingerich and 

 Rosati were under the direct supervision of Mr. Bruce A. Ebersole, Chief, CPB, 

 RD, and Mr. H. Lee Butler, Chief, RD, CERC. Technical reviews were provided 

 by Messrs. Ebersole and Butler, Ms. Rosati, and Mr. W. Jeffrey Lillycrop, 

 Coastal Structures and Evaluation Branch, Engineering Development Division, 

 CERC. Mses. Marsha W. Darnell and Caroljm J. Dickson, CPB, RD, assisted in 

 text formatting and figure preparation under the supervision of Ms. Rosati. 

 Ms. Lee T. Byrne, Information Technology Laboratory, WES, edited the report. 



COL Larry B. Fulton, EN, was Commander and Director of WES. Dr. Robert 

 W. Whalin was Technical Director. 



