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Coastal Wave and Current Data from the Coastal Engineering Research Center's Field Research Facility, Duck, North Carolina

Entry ID: CERC_FRF_WAVE_DATA

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Summary

Abstract: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station
(WES), Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC) Field Research
Facility (FRF) conducts coastal research on a barrier island at Duck,
North Carolina.

Wave data are collected in the nearshore coastal waters using
arrays of pressure gauges, a staff gauge, and a Waverider buoy. Wave
height, significant wave height, wave period, total ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 37.0

S: 36.0

E: -75.0

W: -76.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1980-01-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA

Science Keywords

OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > BARRIER ISLANDS

OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > BEACHES

ISO Topic Category

OCEANS

Platform

BUOYS

Instrument

BOTTOM PRESSURE GAUGES

CURRENT METERS

PRESSURE GAUGES
WAVE HEIGHT GAUGES

Ancillary Keywords

ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

ATLANTIC COAST

Originating Center

CERC/FRF

Data Center

Field Research Facility, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, U. S. Department of Defense

Data Center URL: http://www.frf.usace.army.mil/

Data Center Personnel
Name: CLIFF BARON Phone: 919-261-3511 Fax: 919-261-4432 Email: baron at duck.wes.army.mil Contact Address: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Field Research Facility 1261 Duck Road City: Kitty Hawk Province or State: NC Postal Code: 27949-4472 Country: USA