Annual Data Summary for 1982 CERC (Coastal Engineering Research Center) Field Research Facility.

• Main Authors: Miller,Herman C, Leffler,Michael W, Grogg,William E , Jr, Wheeler,Stephen C, Toensend,C R , III
• Other Authors: COASTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER VICKSBURG MS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1986
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; OCEAN WAVES; INSHORE AREAS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; BATHYMETRY; STORMS; NORTH CAROLINA; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; SEDIMENTS; SEA LEVEL; OCEAN TIDES; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA171408; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA171408

This report provides basic data and summaries for the measurements made during 1982 at the US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES) Coastal Engineering Research Center's (CERC's) Field Research Facility (FRF) in Duck, North Carolina. The report includes comparisons of the present year's data to those of prior years and cumulative statistics from 1980 to the present. Summarized in this report are meteorological and oceanographic data, monthly bathymetric survey results, samples of quarterly aerial photography, and descriptions and hourly data for 16 storms that occurred during the year. The report is the fourth in a series of annual summaries of data collected at the FRF; the first, which summarized data collected during 1977-79, was published as CERC Miscellaneous Paper 82-16; the second, which summarized data collected during 1980, was published as CERC Technical Report 84-1; and the third, which summarized data collected during 1981, was published as CERC Technical Report 85-3. These reports are available from the WES Technical Report Distribution Section, Vicksburg, Mississippi. (Author)