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Date Posted

Assignment

Sept 5

Friday (9/5): Intro-syllabus/assign compasses/ determine pace/introduce beach morphology and profiling

Next Week:

Monday 9/8: Go to Devereaux Beach, Marblehead

Friday 9/12: Meet at Singing Beach, Manchester

Bring compasses, tapes and profiling rods

Assignments:

Explore GOMOOS, oceanweather.com and NOAA's tides online. What kind of data can you retrieve from these sites? Are these data useful?

Make your profiling rods (due 9/12) and think about what kind of data need to collect in the field for a beach study

For Monday (9/8) print out and read the beach profile outline

Sept 17

Profile your beaches this Friday. I will go to Singing Beach and then to Devereaux beach time permitting.

Don't forget to take process measurements also checkout and record the progress of Isabel and related wave data. US Navy Global WAM forecasts, OceanWeather, NOAA bouy data, GOMOOS, etc

You can download a blank tracking chart from the NOAA hurricane site to plot the storm track.

Sept 30

While the weather's nice I plan to spend as much time possible outside. So on Friday (Oct 3) I will give a lecture on beach bedforms at Singing Beach. Bring shovels and dig a trench across the beach. Handouts are in the Morgue. Look them over before coming. I will get to the beach around 2:00.

Meanwhile start graphing your profiles.

Look for updated weather and bouy data in the morgue.

There have been a lot of changes on the beaches lately, I hope your documenting them and have started thinking about models.

Oct 8

Our text will not be published before the end of October so I've cancelled the order. A suggested replacement is Beach Processes and Sedimentation by Paul Komar - 2nd Edition

For Friday Oct 17 I want each group to present their profiles and discuss what they've learn about their beach to date. For your discussion consider the following:

Description of the beach (e.g. pocket beach, tombolo, barrier beach, etc.) What are the bounding features?

Source of sediment and evidence

Morphology (width and height of berm, angle of beachface, width of surf zone, etc.)

Dynamic classification (c.f. Wright and Short)

Wave and tidal environment

Longshore transport

How your beach changes with fluctuations in energy input

Include Photos

Oct 17

For next week print out and read the Tides and Waves outlines.

Next Monday (Sept. 20) will be a field day.

I'm planning our Northshore field trip for Monday Nov 3 @ 9:00 am.

Check the top of the Morque refrigerator daily for handouts.

Oct 21

Lecture on Monday Oct 27 will be on Tides and Waves. You should already have these outlines.

Print out and read the beach profile (influencing factors), and beach cycle outlines. Apply the concepts in these outlines to your beach.

You will have time to discuss your beaches in class.

Keep track of following daily bouy data. Try to apply the data to changes observed on your beach.

Station 44013 -East of Boston

Station IOSN3-Isle of Shoals

Station SGOF1 - Gulf of Maine

5 Nov

Lecture this Friday. Be prepared to discuss your beach.

The book is finally in - Get it

25 Nov

Copies of the guidelines for the paper are in the morgue or you can get them online.

Presentations on Friday Dec 5.

I put my digital photos of both beaches on the macs in 340. Go to the menu>home>pictures. Last set was taken on Nov 24.

Monday will be class discussion. Bring materials to work on your projects.

Papers due Dec 12 - Final date.

In addition to your paper I want a disk containing a digital copy of your paper (Word) and your data (Excel/Deltagraph format).

Dec 7

(updated Dec 10)

Presentations will be during exam time Friday, 12:00, Dec 12. Turn in all equipment, your papers, and a CD with a copy of your paper and data no later than Tuesday.

We finally got our storm - so if you can, check out your beaches!

Comments pertaining to your papers:

Your papers should reflect a strong understanding of beaches and beach processes. Everyone is responsible for the organization and content of their groups' paper. Proofread and check the accuracy, organization, style, and logic of all parts of the paper.

All figures and tables included in the body of your paper must be discussed in the text. Don't include figures or tables without discussing them. You can incorporate all your data in an Appendix and just use a few key profiles and tables in the body of your report.

Date Posted	Assignment
Sept 5	Friday (9/5): Intro-syllabus/assign compasses/ determine pace/introduce beach morphology and profiling Next Week: Monday 9/8: Go to Devereaux Beach, Marblehead Friday 9/12: Meet at Singing Beach, Manchester Bring compasses, tapes and profiling rods Assignments: Explore GOMOOS, oceanweather.com and NOAA's tides online. What kind of data can you retrieve from these sites? Are these data useful? Make your profiling rods (due 9/12) and think about what kind of data need to collect in the field for a beach study For Monday (9/8) print out and read the beach profile outline
Sept 17	Profile your beaches this Friday. I will go to Singing Beach and then to Devereaux beach time permitting. Don't forget to take process measurements also checkout and record the progress of Isabel and related wave data. US Navy Global WAM forecasts, OceanWeather, NOAA bouy data, GOMOOS, etc You can download a blank tracking chart from the NOAA hurricane site to plot the storm track.
Sept 30	While the weather's nice I plan to spend as much time possible outside. So on Friday (Oct 3) I will give a lecture on beach bedforms at Singing Beach. Bring shovels and dig a trench across the beach. Handouts are in the Morgue. Look them over before coming. I will get to the beach around 2:00. Meanwhile start graphing your profiles. Look for updated weather and bouy data in the morgue. There have been a lot of changes on the beaches lately, I hope your documenting them and have started thinking about models.
Oct 8	Our text will not be published before the end of October so I've cancelled the order. A suggested replacement is Beach Processes and Sedimentation by Paul Komar - 2nd Edition For Friday Oct 17 I want each group to present their profiles and discuss what they've learn about their beach to date. For your discussion consider the following: Description of the beach (e.g. pocket beach, tombolo, barrier beach, etc.) What are the bounding features? Source of sediment and evidence Morphology (width and height of berm, angle of beachface, width of surf zone, etc.) Dynamic classification (c.f. Wright and Short) Wave and tidal environment Longshore transport How your beach changes with fluctuations in energy input Include Photos
Oct 17	For next week print out and read the Tides and Waves outlines. Next Monday (Sept. 20) will be a field day. I'm planning our Northshore field trip for Monday Nov 3 @ 9:00 am. Check the top of the Morque refrigerator daily for handouts.
Oct 21	Lecture on Monday Oct 27 will be on Tides and Waves. You should already have these outlines. Print out and read the beach profile (influencing factors), and beach cycle outlines. Apply the concepts in these outlines to your beach. You will have time to discuss your beaches in class. Keep track of following daily bouy data. Try to apply the data to changes observed on your beach. Station 44013 -East of Boston Station IOSN3-Isle of Shoals Station SGOF1 - Gulf of Maine
5 Nov	Lecture this Friday. Be prepared to discuss your beach. The book is finally in - Get it
25 Nov	Copies of the guidelines for the paper are in the morgue or you can get them online. Presentations on Friday Dec 5. I put my digital photos of both beaches on the macs in 340. Go to the menu>home>pictures. Last set was taken on Nov 24. Monday will be class discussion. Bring materials to work on your projects. Papers due Dec 12 - Final date. In addition to your paper I want a disk containing a digital copy of your paper (Word) and your data (Excel/Deltagraph format).
Dec 7 (updated Dec 10)	Presentations will be during exam time Friday, 12:00, Dec 12. Turn in all equipment, your papers, and a CD with a copy of your paper and data no later than Tuesday. We finally got our storm - so if you can, check out your beaches! Comments pertaining to your papers: Your papers should reflect a strong understanding of beaches and beach processes. Everyone is responsible for the organization and content of their groups' paper. Proofread and check the accuracy, organization, style, and logic of all parts of the paper. All figures and tables included in the body of your paper must be discussed in the text. Don't include figures or tables without discussing them. You can incorporate all your data in an Appendix and just use a few key profiles and tables in the body of your report.