Technical Reports

Technical and Special Reports

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List of reports by Fiscal Year
FY 2016	Assessment of Modifications for Improving Navigation at Hilo Harbor, Hawaii Hawaii Regional Sediment Management (RSM): Regional Sediment Budget for the West Maui Region (RSM product w/ CIRP tools) Combined Wave and Current Bottom Boundary Layers: A Review Coastal Foredunes: Identifying Coastal, Aeolian, and Management Interactions Driving Morphologic State Change Faleasao Harbor, American Samoa: Investigation of Modifications for Improving Navigation Galveston Island, Texas, Sand Management Strategies (w/RSM) Hydrodynamic Modeling for Channel and Shoreline Stabilization at Rhodes Point, Smith Island, Maryland Long-term Morphology Modeling for Barrier Island Tidal Inlets - in Peer Review Literature Review of Nearshore Berms - in Peer Review Bed-Load Dispersion: A Literature Review - in Production Erosion of Mixed Cohesive and Noncohesive Sediments Tidal Dependence Analysis and Arrival Process Mining using AIS Data
FY 2015	Modeling Study for Tangier Island Jetties, Tangier Island, Virginia Kikiaola Light Draft Harbor Monitoring Plan; Part 2: Numerical Wave Modeling for Evaluation of Structural Alternatives Modeling of Waves, Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport for Protection of Wetlands at Braddock Bay, New York GenCade Version 1 Quick-Start Guide: How to Start a Successful GenCade Project Conceptual Regional Sediment Budget for USACE North Atlantic Division
FY 2014	Recommendations and Requirements for GenCade Simulations Vertical Ship Motion Study for Ambrose Entrance Channel, New York Coastal Modeling System: Mathematical Formulations and Numerical Methods Comprehensive Condition Survey and Storm Waves, Circulation, and Sedimentation Study, Dana Point Harbor, California
FY 2013	GenCade Version 1 Model Theory and User's Guide Erosion Control and Environment Restoration Plan Development: Matagorda County, Texas - Phase 2: Preliminary Design Pilot Study Evaluating Nearshore Sediment Placement Sites, Noyo Harbor, CA Regional Sediment Management Studies of Matagorda Ship Channel and Matagorda Bay System, Texas Performance Monitoring of a Nearshore Berm at Fort Myers Beach, Florida: Final Report Preliminary Analysis of Morphology Change, Waves and Currents for Navigation at Tillamook Inlet, Oregon
FY 2012	Littoral Sediment Budget for the Mississippi Sound Barrier Islands Dredged Material Placement Site Capacity Analysis for Navigation Improvement Project at Grays Harbor, WA Erosion Control and Environment Restoration Plan Development, Matagorda County, Texas - Phase 1: Preliminary Investigation St Johns County, St Augustine Inlet, Florida - Report 1 Historical Analysis and Sediment Budget St Augustine Inlet, Florida: Application of the Coastal Modeling System - Report 2 Optimization of Ebb Shoal Mining and Beach Nourishment at St Johns County, St Augustine Inlet, Florida - Report 3 Sediment Budget for the Indiana Shore from Michigan City Harbor to Burns Waterway Harbor
FY 2011	Verification and Validation of the Coastal Modeling System, Report 1: Summary Report Verification and Validation of the Coastal Modeling System, Report 2: CMS-Wave Verification and Validation of the Coastal Modeling System, Report 3: Hydrodynamics Verification and Validation of the Coastal Modeling System, Report 4: Sediment Transport and Morphology Change Click here for access to Verification and Validation test cases Analysis of Dredged Material Placement Alternatives for Bottleneck Removal, Matagorda Ship Channel, Texas Risks to Navigation at the Matagorda Ship Channel Entrance, Texas, Phase 2: Evaluation of Significant Risk Factors
FY 2010	Decision Making Under Uncertainty Waves, Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport Modeling at Grays Harbor, WA Channel Dredging and Geomorphic Response at and Adjacent to Mobile Pass, Alabama Shark River Inlet, New Jersey, Entrance Shoaling: Report 2, Analysis with Coastal Modeling System Sabine-Neches Waterway, Sabine Pass Jetty System: Past and Future Performance
2009	Evaluation of Proposed Channel on Circulation and Morphology Change at Kawaihae Harbor and Pelekane Bay, Island of Hawaii, HI Shark River Inlet, New Jersey, Entrance Shoaling: Report 1, Desk Study Barrier Island Migration Over a Consolidating Substrate
2008	Wave Modeling for Jetty Rehabilitation at the Mouth of the Columbia River, Washington/Oregon, USA CMS-Wave: A Nearshore Spectral Wave Processes Model for Coastal Inlets and Navigation Projects Morphologic Examination of the Stability of Pass Cavallo, Texas Long-Term Structural Solution for the Mouth of Colorado River Navigation Channel, Texas
FY 2007	Boussinesq Modeling of Wave Propagation and Runup over Fringing Coral Reefs, Model Evaluation Report A Unified Sediment Transport Formulation for Coastal Inlet Application Data Report: Laboratory Testing of Longshore Sand Transport by Waves and Currents; Morphology Change Behind Headland Structures Shift-Click here to download the file - TR-07-8_DATA.zip (359 MB) Laboratory Study of Wind Effect on Runup over Fringing Reefs, Report 1: Data Report Shift-Click here to download the file - tests_1-53.zip (32 MB) Shift-Click here to download the file - tests_54-110.zip (54 MB) Shift-Click here to download the file - tests_wind.zip (0.3 MB)
FY 2006	Breach History and Susceptibility Study, South Jetty and Navigation Project, Grays Harbor, Washington PTM: Particle Tracking Model; Report 1: Model Theory, Implementation, and Example Applications Half Moon Bay, Grays Harbor, Washington: Movable-Bed Physical Model Study Two-Dimensional Depth-Averaged Circulation Model CMS-M2D: Version 3.0, Report 2, Sediment Transport and Morphology Change Matagorda Ship Channel, Texas: Jetty Stability Study Evaluation of Downdrift Shore Erosion, Mattituck Inlet, New York: Section 111 Study
FY 2005	Laboratory Study of Hydrodynamics near Absorbing and Fully Reflecting Jetties (Shift-Click here to download Bathymetry Data in zip file) (Shift-Click here to download Summary Current Data in zip file) (Shift-Click here to download Summary Wave Data in zip file) (Shift-Click here to download All Raw Data in zip file) [54.8 Mbytes] Geomorphic Analysis of Mattituck Inlet and Goldsmith Inlet, Long Island, New York
FY 2004	ENPAC 2003: A Tidal Constituent Database for Eastern North Pacific Ocean Two-Dimensional Depth-Averaged Circulation Model M2D: Version 2.0, Report 1, Technical Documentation and User's Guide
FY 2003	Flow Table Study of Cook Inlet, Alaska
FY 2002	DMS: Diagnostic Modeling System Report 4 Shoaling Analysis of St. Marys Entrance, Florida Humboldt Bay, California, Entrance Channel. Report 1: Data Review Physical Model Study of Wave Diffraction-Refraction at an Idealized Inlet Eastcoast 2001, A Tidal Constituent Database for Western North Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea NMLONG: Numerical Model for Simulating Longshore Current, Report 2
FY 2001	Impacts of Navigation Channel Maintenance Dredging on the Coastal Processes of Chatham, Massachusetts Tidal Inlet Equilibrium Area Experiments, Inlet Laboratory Investigations HyPAS User s Manual: A Hydraulic Processes Analysis System Wave Breaking on a Current at an Idealized Inlet with an Ebb Shoal Shinnecock Inlet, New York, Site Investigation, Report 3, Selected Field Data Report for 1997, 1998, 1999, Velocity and Sediment Surveys Shinnecock Inlet, New York, Site Investigation, Report 4, Evaluation of Flood and Ebb Shoal Sediment Sources Alternatives for the West of Shinnecock Interim Project, New York.
1999	STWAVE: Steady-State Spectral Wave Model Report 1: User's Manual for STWAVE Version 2.0 Ponce de Leon Inlet, Florida, Site Investigation. Report 1, Selected Portions of Long-Term Measurements, 1995-1997 Ponce de Leon Inlet, Florida, Site Investigation. Report 2: Inlet Hydrodynamics: Monitoring and Interpretation of Physical Processes Shinnecock Inlet, New York, Site Investigation Report 1, Morphology and Historical Behavior
1998	Directional Irregular Wave Kinematics Shinnecock Inlet, New York, Site Investigation Report 2, Evaluation of Sand Bypass Options Wave Breaking on a Current at an Idealized Inlet