LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1. Relationship between open coast tidal datums and National Geodetic
Vertical Datum for the Florida East Coast ............................. 31
Figure 2. Relationship between open coast tidal datums and National Geodetic
Vertical Datum for the Florida Lower Gulf Coast ........................ 32
Figure 3. Relationship between open coast tidal datums and National Geodetic
Vertical Datum for the Northwest Panhandle Gulf Coast of Florida .......... 32 Figure 4. Erosion volumes, Qe, above MHW for identical profiles impacted by
identical storm events, but with different local MHW planes ............... 37
Figure 5. Beach profile-related terms..................................... 39
Figure 6. Seasonal horizontal shoreline shift analysis ........................ 41
Figure 7. Long-term shoreline shift analysis ............................... 43
Figure 8. Semidiurnal tide curves for 6 tidal days .......................... 46
Figure 9. Actual damage to the Flagler Beach Pier from the Thanksgiving Holiday
Storm of 1984 (Balsillie, 1985c) used to test the Multiple Shore-Breaking
Wave Transformation Computer Model for predicting wave behavior,
longshore bar formation, and beach/coast erosion ...................... 49
Figure 10. Beach/Coast nickpoint elevations for Florida ....................... 50
Figure 11. Comparison of Seasonal High Water (SHW) and Median Beach/Coast
Nickpoint Elevation (N) for the Florida East Coast ..................... 51
Figure 12. Comparison of Seasonal High Water (SHW) and Median Beach/Coast
Nickpoint Elevation (N.) for the Florida Lower Gulf Coast ................ 51
Figure 13. Comparison of Seasonal High Water (SHW) and Median Beach/Coast
Nickpoint Elevation (Ne) for the Florida Panhandle Gulf Coast ............. 51
Figure 14. Departure of Florida inlet tide data and open coast tide data ........... 53
Figure 15. Open ocean and inside astronomical tides for Ft. Pierce and St. Lucie
Inlets ..... .................................................. 54
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1. Tidal Datums and Ranges for Open Coast Gauges of Coastal Florida ...... 30 Table 2. Selected North American Datums and Ranges Referenced to MSL ........ 38 Table 3. Florida Foreshore Slope Statistics by County and Survey .............. 40
Table 4. Moment Wave Height Statistical Relationships ....................... 45
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