University of Florida, Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering Department
Abstract
This report is the second annual report in a continuing series documenting a field
project within the Gulf Islands National Seashore at Perdido Key, Florida. The field project
includes the monitoring of a number of physical parameters related to the evolution of the
Perdido Key beach nourishment project. Approximately 4.1 million m3 of dredge spoil
from Pensacola Pass were placed upon approximately 7 km of the Gulf of Mexico beaches
of Perdido Key between November, 1989, and September, 1990.
Beach profile data describing the evolution of the nourished beach are included, as
well as wave, current, tide, wind, temperature, and rainfall data to describe the forces influencing
the evolution. Data describing the sediment sizes throughout the project area
are also included. A brief discussion of the data is included; a more detailed analysis and
interpretation will be presented in the lead author's Ph.D. dissertation. (313 pp.
