Soundside Wave-Current and Beach-Nearshore Profile Adjustment to Storms and Cold Fronts Field Program Along West Ship Island, Mississippi
Stone GW, Wang P, Chaney P. 1998. Soundside Wave-Current and Beach-Nearshore Profile Adjustment to Storms and Cold Fronts Field Program Along West Ship Island, Mississippi. Volume 2. Coastal Studies Institute - Louisiana State University. Baton Rouge, LA
This report is Volume 2 of a 4 part report. Volume 2 addresses adjustments of the nearshore-beach profile along the north shore of West Ship Island due to cold front passage. The monitoring project began in June, 1996 and continued for a 12 month period. The field studies monitored morphological changes to the beach and nearshore and monitored the meteorological and hydrodynamic characteristics of cold fronts during March and April of 1997. The report also includes the impacts of Hurricane Danny on the south side beach - nearshore area.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Stone, Gregory; Wang, Ping; Chaney, Phillip
- Date of Issue
- 1998-02-20
- Publisher
- Coastal Studies Institute - Louisiana State University
- Units
- GUIS
- Keywords
- Aquatic Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences, Beach Erosion, Beach Nourishment, cold fronts, Ecology, Ft. Massachusetts (GUIS), Gulf Islands National Seashore FL - MS, History, Hurricane Danny, Hydrology, Management, Meteorology, morphological changes, nearshore beach, Physical Sciences, West Ship Island (GUIS)