PREFACE 



This report was prepared at the Coastal Engineering Research Center 

 (CERC) of the US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES) as part of 

 the Storm Erosion Studies Work Unit, Shore Protection and Restoration Program; 

 Coastal Engineering Area, Civil Works Research and Development. Technical 

 Monitors were Mr. John H. Lockhart, Jr., and Mr. John G. Housley, Head- 

 quarters, US Army Corps of Engineers. 



Mr. Peter A. Howd and Mr. William A. Birkemeier of CERC's Field Research 

 Facility Group prepared the report under the supervision of Mr. Curt Mason, 

 former Chief, Field Research Facility; Mr. Thomas W. Richardson, Chief, 

 Engineering Development Division; and Mr. Charles C. Calhoun, Jr., and Dr. James 

 R. Houston, Assistant Chief and Chief, CERC, respectively. Messrs. Eugene W. 

 Bichner, Charles R. Townsend III, Michael W. Leffler, Francis E. Sargent, and 

 Ms. Rebecca J. Savage, plus many others, contributed to the collection of the 

 data. Ms. Harriet M. Klein assisted greatly by untangling complexities of the 

 English language. The wave and water-level data presented in the report were 

 collected by CERC's Field Research Facility Measurements and Analysis Work 

 Unit under the direction of Mr. Herman C. Miller. This report was edited by 

 Ms. Jamie Leach of the WES Information Technology Laboratory. 



Commander and Director of WES upon publication of this report was COL 

 Dwayne G. Lee. Technical Director was Dr. Robert W. Whalin. 



