PREFACE 



Data and data summaries presented herein were collected during 1986 and 

 compiled at the US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES) Coastal 

 Engineering Research Center's (CERC's) Field Research Facility (FRF) in 

 Duck, NC. This report is the eighth in a series of annual FRF data summaries 

 carried out under CERC's Coastal Flooding and Storm Protection Program, FRF 

 Measurements and Analysis Work Unit 31537. CERC Program Manager is 

 Dr. C. Linwood Vincent. 



The report was prepared by Mr. Herman C. Miller, Oceanographer, FRF, 

 under direct supervision of Mr. William A. Birkemeier, Acting Chief, FRF 

 Group, Engineering Development Division (EDD) , and Mr. Thomas W. Richardson, 

 Chief, EDD; and under general supervision of Dr. James R. Houston and 

 Mr. Charles C. Calhoun, Jr., chief and Assistant Chief, CERC, respectively. 

 Ms. Adele Militello, Computer Specialist, assisted with data analysis and 

 report preparation; and Messrs. Michael W. Leffler, Computer Programmer 

 Analyst, assisted with data collection and analysis; William E. Grogg, Jr., 

 Electronics Technician, assisted with instrumentation; and Brian L. 

 Scarborough, Amphibious Vehicle Operator, assisted with data collection. The 

 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Ocean Service main- 

 tained the tidal gage and provided statistics for summarization. 



This report was edited by Ms. Shirley A. J. Hanshaw, Information Pro- 

 ducts Division, Information Technology Laboratory, WES. 



Commander and Director of WES during the publication of this report was 

 COL Dwayne G. Lee, EN; Technical Director was Dr. Robert W. Whalin. 



