ATV – All terrain vehicle

BERM – Beach erosion and monitoring project

GIS – Geographic information system

GPR – Ground penetrating radar

LIDAR – Light detection and ranging

MCPH – Mid-Carolina Platform High

MSL – mean sea level

NOS – National Ocean Service (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration)

OCRM – Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control)

SL – Sea level

SCCES – South Carolina Coastal Erosion Study

USACE – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

USGS – U.S. Geological Survey