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Effects of Rising Sea Level p.351
Information on the impacts of rising sea-level from the U.S. Geological Survey.

Below you will find links to a number of interesting web sites with information about Waves, Coasts, and Beaches.


Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System
Information about coastal monitoring and coastal research projects from the University of South Florida (USA).
( http://comps.marine.usf.edu/ )
Coastal Monitoring Network at Long Beach Island, NJ
Watch the waves roll in and check the weather in real-time on the Jersey shore.
( http://www.dl.stevens-tech.edu/cgi-bin/cmn2.pl )
Coastal Wave Monitoring
Learn about programs to monitor winds and waves at sea.
( http://groper.mhl.nsw.gov.au/www/wyllie.html )
Coastal Zone Monitoring
No telling what this is supposed to be.
( http://earth1.esrin.esa.it/DATA_UTIL/czm/index.htm )
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Field Research Facility
The premier coastal dynamics observatory in the world. Located at Duck, North Carolina, USA.
( http://frf.usace.army.mil/ )
Marine and Coastal Geology Program
United States Geological Survey Marine and Coastal Geology Program. Lots of interesting reports and images taken from U.S. coastal areas on this site.
( http://marine.usgs.gov/ )
Center for Coastal Studies
Web site of the Center for Coastal Studies at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, USA. Information about research and access to data on various coastal process studies.
( http://www-ccs.ucsd.edu/ )
Coastal Studies Institute
Coastal Studies Institute at Lousiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (USA) conducts research in coastal and marine environments, especially related to coastal/ocean processes. Research at CSI increases knowledge and understanding of basic processes controlling hydrodynamics and sediments in coastal, shelf, and deep ocean environments and provides a scientific base for environmental decision-making.
( http://www.csi.lsu.edu/ )
Center for Applied Coastal Research
This interdisciplinary center provides a focal point for research in coastal processes and coastal engineering.
( http://www.coastal.udel.edu/ )
U.S. Army Coastal Engineering Manual
The official manual of coastal engineering from the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
( http://bigfoot.wes.army.mil/cem026.html )







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