PREFACE 



This study was carried out under Contract No. DACW39-82-K0001 with the 

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

 Experiment Station (WES). The study was funded by the Office, Chief of Engi- 

 neers, under two work units: the Hurricane Surge Prototype Data Collection 

 Work Unit, Coastal Flooding and Storm Protection Program, and the Nearshore 

 Waves and Currents Work Unit, Wave and Coastal Flooding Program. Partial 

 support was also provided by the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) , 

 Texas A&M University System, through a TEES Research Fellow grant to one of 

 the authors. Professor Robert 0. Reid. 



The authors appreciate the advice and encouragement of Dr. Robert W. 

 Whalin, former Chief, CERC, Dr. William Wood, Chief, Engineering Development 

 Division, and Mr. Andrew W. Garcia, Prototype Measurement and Analysis 

 Branch. Mr. Charles C. Calhoun, Jr., was Acting Chief, CERC, during publica- 

 tion of this report. 



The authors wish to acknowledge also the help of Dr. Ignacio Galindo, 

 Director, Instituto de Geofisica (Mexico City), and Mr. Milton Rutstein, 

 National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in 

 obtaining serial water level data. 



COL Tilford C. Creel, CE, and COL Robert C. Lee, CE, were Commanders 

 and Directors of WES during the conduct of the study. COL Allen F. Grum, 

 USA, was Director of WES during the publication of this report. Mr. Fred R. 

 Brown and Dr. Whalin were Technical Directors. 



