Preface 



The needs assessment for water-level measurement and associated 

 information described in this report was conducted for the U.S. Army 

 Engineer District, Galveston (CESWG). Work was performed under 

 Modification/ Amendment No. P00003 of Contract No. DACW64-95-C- 

 0018 with the Conrad Blucher Institute (CBI) for Surveying and Science, 

 Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, in support of the Texas Coastal 

 Ocean Observation Network (TCOON). Notice of authorization to 

 proceed with work under the amendment was received on 29 April 1 996. 

 An interim draft of this report was provided to CESWG on 30 September 

 1996. 



The assessment was performed by Dr. Nicholas C. Kraus, formerly 

 Director of the Division of Coastal and Estuarine Processes, CBI, and 

 presently Research Scientist, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, CHL), 

 U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES); Mr. Carroll I. 

 Thurlow, consultant to TCOON and formerly Chief of the Tides and 

 Water-Level Program for the National Ocean Service (NOS), National 

 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and former CBI staff members; 

 Mr. Daniel J. Heilman and Ms. Anne-Lise Lindquist, Research Scientists, 

 and Mr. Mark W. Earle, Communications Specialist. Technical points of 

 contact at CESWG were Mr. John Rozsypol, Ms. June Keller, Mr. Ron 

 Meyers, and Mr. Tom Hunt. The field reconnaissance benefited from the 

 assistance of numerous staff members of Area Offices and Field Offices of 

 the Galveston District: Mr. Randy Batiste, Port Arthur Field Office; 

 Mr. Isidro Garcia, Brownsville Field Office; Mr. Ramon Sierra, Southern 

 Area Office, Corpus Christi; Mr. David Torrez, Bay City Field Office; and 

 Mr. Rick Tryals, Northern Area Office, Galveston. General assistance to 

 the study was also provided by Galveston District staff members from the 



