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U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1219

Carolinas Coastal Change Processes Project data report for nearshore observations at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, February 2010

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ABS acoustic backscatter sensor
ADCP acoustic Doppler current profiler
ADV acoustic Doppler velocimeter
Aquadopp Nortek Aquadopp acoustic profiler
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
BUG benthic unattended generator
CMAB centimeters above bottom
EPIC Equatorial Pacific Information Collection Data storage, retrieval and management formats and tool maintained by NOAA
GPS Global Positioning System
KDGPS kinematic differential Global Positioning System
LARC lighter amphibious resupply cargo
LIDAR light detection and ranging
NDBC National Data Buoy Center
NetCDF network common data format
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOS National Ocean Service
NRL Naval Research Lab
T-RDI Teledyne RD Instruments
R/V research vessel
TRBM trawl resistant bottom mount
USACE FRF U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Field Research Facility
USC University of South Carolina
UCAR University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
WERA Wellen radar

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