A Collection of Storm Erosion Field Data

• Main Authors: Birkemeier, William A., Savage, Rebecca J., Leffler, Michael W.
• Other Authors: COASTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER VICKSBURG MS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1988
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *STORMS; *BEACH EROSION; COASTAL REGIONS; WATER; NEW YORK; ESTIMATES; EROSION; RELIABILITY; PROFILES; SURVEYS; CROSS SECTIONS; DOCUMENTS; SLOPE; MEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; SEA LEVEL; BEACHES; PLOTTING; NEW JERSEY; FIELD CONDITIONS; ISLANDS; SHORES; MASSACHUSETTS; INTERVALS; RHODE ISLAND; VOLUME; UNITED STATES; Beach Island; Long Beach; The Beaches; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA198433; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA198433

This report presents a collection of field survey data that quantifies the effects of 13 unique storm events on from two to seven beaches along the North Atlantic coast of the United States. The beaches include Nauset Beach, Massachusetts; Misquamicut Beach, Rhode Island; Westhampton and Jones Beaches, New York; and Long Beach Island, Atlantic City, and Ludlam Beach, New Jersey. From 7 to 19 profile lines were surveyed at each site permitting reliable estimates of the average change to be computed for each beach and storm. Beach change data are presented in terms of plotted profile cross sections, above mean sea level (msl) volume changes, shoreline changes, and slope changes. In addition, shallow water wave hindcasts for each survey interval and storm are presented along with measured water level data (tide plus surge). The data document not only the large beach changes that can occur during storms but also reveal the amount of variation that occurs between profile lines and between different localities. Keywords: Beach erosion.