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Appendix: Survey Findings
Pages 105-106

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... This should include, but not be licensed to, better area coverage and longer term monitoring programs, as weD as measurements under specific conditions. These efforts are inhibited by: the high cost of equipment and logistics, the reliability of available equipment, and the available technology.
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... 9. More measurements of these coastal processes are needed: mean currents under wave conditions, wave-induced apparent stress, turbulent stress, wave trough vs.
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  • coastal engineers
  • sediment processes
  • coastal processes
  • engineering requirements
  • cohesive sediment

  • wave conditions
  • storm conditions
  • turbulent stress
  • surf zone
  • directional wave

  • temporal characteristics
  • apparent stress
  • wave trough
  • actively considering
  • engineering measurement

  • measurement programs
  • wave spectra
  • measurement requirements
  • concerted effort
  • coastal structures

  • mean currents
  • holds promise
  • noncohesive sediment
  • spectra measurements
  • poorly understood

  • available technology
  • indirect measurement
  • engineering research
  • wave crest
  • measurement techniques


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