6~Evaluation of Project Design 53 



General Discussion 53 



Test of Hypotheses 54 



7~Discussion and Recommendations 56 



Management of the Mouth of the Colorado River 56 



Lessons Learned for Future Weir Jetty Designs 57 



References 58 



Appendix A: Monthly Percent Occurrence of Wave Height and Period .. Al 

 Appendix B: Summary of All Wave Heights, Periods, and Directions . . . Bl 

 Appendix C: Surf Zone Sediment Transport Rates CI 



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List of Figures 



Figure 1 . Colorado River location map 3 



Figure 2. Plan view of the Colorado River project site 8 



Figure 3. Location of instruments deployed at the mouth of the Colorado 



River 11 



Figure 4. Instrumented platform 15 



Figure 5. Instnimented sleds 16 



Figure 6. ADCP deployed in equipment mount 19 



Figure 7. FOBS-instrumented tripod 19 



Figure 8. FOBS-instrumented tripods deployed with WES platform .... 23 



Figure 9. Survey line locations (from Liang (1995)) 24 



Figure 10. Rod setup for offshore geodimeter surveying 26 



Figure 1 1 . Mean and median monthly wave heights (H^) at Colorado 



River, TX 29 



Figure 12. Mean and median monthly peak wave periods at Colorado 



River, TX 29 



