This Technical Note presents guidance for surveying beach nourishment projects. The information has applicability to any measurement or monitoring program involving open-coast hydrographic beach profile surveys.
As waves move toward the shoreline they become increasingly nonlinear with the elevation of the wave crests becoming relatively large and short in duration. This report is published to provide coastal engineers with techniques for estimating crest elevation and duration. The techniques were developed using laboratory data from a number of sources covering a wide range of conditions for both monochromatic and irregular waves under nonbreaking and breaking conditions. Predictions compare favorably with wave observations made at the U.S. Army Coastal Engineering Research Center's (CERC) Field Research Facility at Duck, North Carolina. The work was carried out under CERC's Wave Estimation for Design work unit. Coastal Flooding and Storm Protection Program, Coastal Engineering Area of Civil Works Research and Development.
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