10. The DUCK85 project consisted of two parts, a September phase which 

 took advantage of relatively low wave heights to perform labor-intensive 

 experiments in the surf zone, and an October phase which used primarily 

 electronic instrumentation and remote sensing to measure storm-related 

 nearshore processes. The surf zone sand transport experiments were performed 

 in September as a self-contained program by CERC researchers with interest in 

 measuring surf zone waves, currents, and sand transport. 



11. The CERC surf zone data collection effort benefitted from the 

 extended coverage provided by experiments performed concurrently by other 

 research teams, yielding data on beach profiles, offshore waves and currents, 

 and wind. Papers and reports describing results of DUCK85 experiments related 

 to the work discussed here are: Howd and Birkemeier (1987), beach morphology 

 change; Kraus and Dean (1987), preliminary results of the trap experiments; 

 Ebersole and Hughes (1987), a companion data report listing the surf zone wave 

 measurement method and results; Ebersole (1987) and Hughes and Borgman (1987), 

 analyses of the surf zone wave data; Hubertz et al . (1987), a companion data 

 report listing offshore wave and current measurements; Kraus and Nakashima 

 (1987), measurement of currents and sand transport in a rip current; and 

 Kraus, Gingerich, and Rosati (1988), revised values of the total transport 

 rate and discussion of results from the follow-up field data collection 

 project to DUCK85, called SUPERDUCK. Additional data are compiled in an FRF 

 summary data report for September, 1985 (Field Research Facility 1985). The 

 equipment and procedures used during the September -phase DUCK85 surf zone sand 

 transport experiments, including wave and current measurements, are documented 

 on a narrated 22-min video tape (Hughes and Kraus 1985). 



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12. An orientation to the study site and description of the experiment 

 equipment, methodology, and analysis procedures are given in Part II. Select- 

 ed results and properties of the data are presented in Part III, and a general 

 evaluation of the field project is given in Part IV. Appendix A contains a 

 listing of the data and explanatory discussion, and Appendix B lists the 

 notation used in this report. 



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