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Coastal Research (JCR) CERF Stories from the Field Journal of Coastal Research (JCR) CERF Stories from the Field SPECIAL ISSUE NO. 101 (pages 1–432) SUMMER 2020 50 Years of Coastal Fieldwork: 1970-2020 ISSN 0749-0208 Journal of Coastal Research (JCR) Guest Editors: Andrew D. Short and Robert W. Brander Journal of Coastal Research Special Issue #101 SI www.cerf-jcr.org www.JCRonline.org 101 An International Forum for the Littoral Sciences Christopher Makowski Official Publisher Editor-in-Chief JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH An International Forum for the Littoral Sciences COASTAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION (CERF) CHEF-HERAUSGEBER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF RÉDACTEUR-EN-CHEF 7570 NW 47th Avenue Coconut Creek, FL 33073, U.S.A. Christopher Makowski, Ph.D. Officers of the Foundation Coastal Education and Research Foundation, Inc. (CERF) Founded in 1983 by: Charles W. Finkl, Sr. (Deceased), Editorial Offices: Charles W. Finkl, Jnr., Rhodes W. Fairbridge (Deceased), 313 S. Braeside Court 7570 NW 47th Avenue (Business Office, Coconut Creek) and Maurice L. Schwartz (Deceased) Asheville, NC Coconut Creek, FL Website: www.CERF-JCR.org President & Senior Vice President & 28803, U.S.A. 33073, U.S.A. E-mail: [email protected] Executive Director: Assistant Director: Charles W. Finkl Christopher Makowski EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EMERITUS EDITORIAL ASSISTANT BOOK REVIEW EDITOR WEB DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT Secretary: Executive Assistant: Charles W. Finkl Barbara Russell Luciana S. Esteves Jon Finkl Heather M. Vollmer Barbara Russell Coastal Education and Research Coastal Education and Research Faculty of Science and Technology Media Mine Foundation, Inc. (CERF) Foundation, Inc. (CERF) Bournemouth University 17600 River Ford Drive CERF-JCR Regional Vice Presidents 313 S. Braeside Court 7570 NW 47th Avenue Dorset, England, U.K. Davidson, NC 28036, U.S.A. North America Oceania Asheville, NC 28803, U.S.A. Coconut Creek, FL 33073, U.S.A. [email protected] [email protected] Gary B. Griggs Charles Lemckert CERF-JCR MEMBERSHIP [email protected] [email protected] James R. Houston Anja Scheffers Timothy W. Kana Vic Semeniuk Society members are those individuals that support the aims of Norberto C. Nadal-Caraballo Andrew D. Short CERF and the JCR. More information is available at: www.cerf-jcr. MITHERAUSGEBER ASSOCIATE EDITORS COMITÉ DE REDACTION Western Europe Southeast Asia org. CERF-JCR Memberships are available in different categories with Edward J. Anthony Duncan M. FitzGerald Vladimir N. Kosmynin Phil D. Osborne Vallam Sundar Luciana S. Esteves Hak Soo Lim certain privileges and can be viewed at: https://cerf.allenpress.com/ Coastal Geomorphology Sediment Transport Coral Reefs, Coastal Ecology Sediment Dynamics Coastal Engineering cerf/MEMBERSHIP.aspx Dunkerque, France Boston, Massachusetts Tallahassee, Florida Vancouver, BC, Canada Carlos Pereira da Silva Zhenling Liu Chennai, India Marcel J.F. Stive Nobuo Mimura Patrick Barnard Kazimierz K. Furman´czyk Michael J. Lace Hugh Parker Ana Teodoro Subscription information is available upon request by writing to: Marine Cartography Coastal Landforms & Processes Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Coastal Geomorphology Remote Sensing Santa Cruz, California Szczecin, Poland West Branch, Iowa Adelaide, SA, Australia Eastern Europe South America [email protected]. The CERF-JCR subscriptions office is located at: Porto, Portugal Natalia Bugajny Allen Gontz Stephen P. Leatherman Charitha B. Pattiaratchi Niki Evelpidou Vanda Claudino-Sales Allen Press, Inc., P.O. Box 1897, Lawrence, KS 66044, U.S.A. Coastal Geomorphology Geophysics, Stratigraphy Barrier Islands, Beach Erosion Physical Oceanography E. Robert Thieler Kazimierz K. Furman´czyk Omar Defeo Szczecin, Poland San Diego, California Miami, Florida Crawley, WA, Australia Marine Geology Middle East and N. Africa Editor-in-Chief M. Paula Bunicontro Gary B. Griggs Jay Jooyong Lee Carlos Pereira da Silva Woods Hole, Massachusetts Coastal Geomorphology Coastal Engineering & Hazards Rip Currents, Coastal Hazards Coastal Zone Management Hannes Tõnisson Michael Phillips Christopher Makowski, Ph.D. Lisbon, Portugal Buenos Aires, Argentina Santa Cruz, California Busan, Republic of Korea Coastal Evolution Michael Phillips Dr. Christopher Makowski is the Senior Vice President and As- David M. Bush Pramod Hanamgond Charles Lemckert Tallinn, Estonia Board of Directors (Trustees) Coastal Geomorphology Environmental Fluid Dynamics Coastal Geomorphology Vanda Claudino-Sales Stephen P. Leatherman Vic Semeniuk sistant Director of the Coastal Education and Research Foundation Coastal Geology & Hazards Doha, Qatar Arthur C. Trembanis Carrollton, Georgia Belgaum, India Bruce, ACT, Australia (CERF), the official publisher of the international Journal of Coastal Orrin H. Pilkey, Jr. Coastal Morphodynamics Charles W. Finkl Charles Lemckert Douglas J. Sherman Ilya V. Buynevich Hans Hanson Hak Soo Lim Duncan M. FitzGerald Gonzalo C. Malvárez Andrew D. Short Coastal Protection Hydrodynamics, Coastal Coastal Geology Newark, Delaware Research (JCR). He received B.Sc. (Marine Biology), M.Sc. (Marine Eco- Coastal Geology Durham, North Carolina Gary B. Griggs Christopher Makowski Daniel J. Stanley Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Lund, Sweden Engineering Frank Van Der Meulen system Diversity), and Ph.D. (Coastal Geoscience and Remote Sensing Busan, Republic of Korea Nobert P. Psuty James R. Houston Carlos Pereira da Silva Marcel J.F. Stive Javier A. Carrió Simon Haslett Coastal Zone Management of Biogeomorphological Resources) degrees from Florida Atlantic Uni- Paleoceanography Ioannis Liritzis Coastal Geomorphology Delft, The Netherlands Robert Huff Michael Phillips Phil Watson Sediment Processes New Brunswick, New Jersey versity of Boca Raton, Florida, USA, and has worked for over 25 years Valencia, Spain Swansea, Wales, UK Geophysical Proxy Data, Ana Vila Concejo Timothy W. Kana Norbert P. Psuty Michael Hilton Archaeometry Elijah W. Ramsey, III in the coastal research community, holding titles of Assistant Direc- Insik Chun Coastal Morphodynamics Joseph T. Kelley Elijah W. Ramsey, III Dune Geomorphology & Ecology Rhodes, Greece Coastal Image Processing tor (Coastal Planning & Engineering’s Marine Science and Biological Coastal Engineering Dunedin, New Zealand Lafayette, Louisiana Sydney, NSW, Australia Seoul, Republic of Korea J. Paul Liu Lifetime Members Research Department), Principal Marine Scientist (Collier County, James R. Houston Sea-Level Change, Deltas Tiffany Roberts Briggs Ian J. Walker Vanda Claudino-Sales Sea-Level Change Raleigh, North Carolina Coastal Geomorphology Coastal Dunes & Sediments Camilo M. Botero Tetsuya Kusuda Nelson G. Rangel- Florida, USA), and Senior Advisor (International Coastal Symposium Coastal Dynamics, Dunes Boca Raton, Florida Vicksburg, Mississippi Zhenling Liu Tempe, Arizona David M. Bush Stephen P. Leatherman Buitrago [ICS]). Dr. Makowski has published numerous peer reviewed papers, Ceará, Brazil Kirt Rusenko Wenrui Huang Sustainable Development, Ping Wang Frédéric Bouchette Charles Lemckert Yoshiki Saito authored multiple chapters, and co-edited various volumes in Spring- Mark Crowell Energy Economics Sea Turtles, Dune Restoration Coastal Hydrodynamics Boca Raton, Florida Beach Morphodynamics Yong-Sik Cho J. Paul Liu Anja Scheffers Coastal Zone Management Tallahassee, Florida Zhengzhou, China er's Coastal Research Library (CRL) Series and Encyclopedia of Earth McLean, Virginia Daniele Scarponi Tampa, Florida Nicholas K. Coch Gonzalo C. Malvárez Andrew D. Short Federico I. Isla Michel M. de Mahiques Sciences Series (EESS). In addition to these accomplishments, he is Omar Defeo Sediment Processes Marine Paleoecology Phil Watson Hany Elwany Norberto C. Nadal- Rodolfo Silva Sea-Level Change Bologna, Italy professionally recognized by the American Academy of Underwater Sandy Beach Ecology Mar Del Plata, Argentina São Paulo, Brazil Sea-Level Change Kazimierz K. Caraballo Charles Thibault Montevideo, Uruguay Anja Scheffers Gosford, NSW, Australia Furmanczyk Fatima Navas Erik van Wellen Sciences (AAUS) and is certified as a Master Scuba Diver Trainer Nancy L. Jackson Gonzalo C. Malvárez Coastal Hazards, Joseph F. Donoghue Coastal Geomorphology Beach Morphodynamics Harry F. Williams Allen Gontz Philip D. Osborne Ya Ping Wang through the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), Coastal Morphology & Hazards Palaeoclimatology Newark, New Jersey Seville, Spain Lismore, NSW, Australia Paleotempestology having logged over 2,000 underwater dives on six different continents. Orlando, Florida Carl H. Hobbs, III Michael Phillips Allan T. Williams Markes E. Johnson Nobuo Mimura Vic Semeniuk Denton, Texas Paul S. Kench Orrin H. Pilkey, Jr. Robert S. Young Other professional registrations, certifications, and accreditations in- Jean Ellis Paleoshores, Coastal Sand Dunes Environmental Engineering Mangroves Colin D. Woodroffe Björn Kjerfve Norbert P. Psuty Wei Zhang clude: Coastal Education and Research Foundation (CERF) Board of Aeolian Sediment Transport Williamstown, Massachusetts Ibaraki, Japan Perth, WA, Australia Columbia, South Carolina Coastal Geomorphology Victor V. Klemas Directors (Trustees), BioOne Board of Directors, International Society Timothy Kana Norberto C. Nadal-Caraballo Douglas J. Sherman Wollongong, NSW, Australia Hany Elwany Coastal Science & Engineering Coastal Hazards for Reef Studies (ISRS) Member, Florida Association of Environmental Coastal & Aeolian Geomorphology Zhaoqing Yang Patron Members Coastal Engineering, Columbia, South Carolina Vicksburg, Mississippi Tuscaloosa, Alabama Hydrodynamic
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