| BNWR |
Breton National Wildlife Refuge |
| BSBT |
backward space backward time |
| CERC |
Coastal Engineer Research Center |
| CMS-WAVE |
Coastal Modeling System Wave Model |
| DIA |
discrete interaction approximation |
| FWS |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| GIS |
geographic information system |
| Hs |
significant wave height |
| Hrms |
root-mean-square wave height |
| JONSWAP |
Joint North Sea Wave Project |
| LSTR |
longshore transport rate |
| MIKE 21 EMS |
MIKE 21 Elliptic Mild-Slope Wave Model |
| MRGO |
Mississippi River Gulf Outlet |
| NDBC |
National Data Buoy Center |
| NGDC |
National Geophysical Data Center |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| R2 |
coefficient of determination |
| REF/DEF |
Refraction-Diffraction Model |
| RCPWAVE |
Regional Coastal Processes Monochromatic Wave Model |
| RMSE |
root mean square error |
| S |
model skill defined by Gallagher and others (1998) and Reniers and others (2004) |
| STWAVE |
Steady State Spectral Wave |
| SWAN |
Simulating WAves Nearshore |
| USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
