John C. Warner E. Robert Thieler Kevin Haas George Voulgaris Jesse E. McNinch Katherine L. Brodie Julie D. Rosati Ping Wang Tiffany M. Roberts Jeffrey H. List 2011 <div>A month-long field experiment focused on the nearshore hydrodynamics of Diamond Shoals adjacent to Cape Hatteras Point, North Carolina, was conducted in February 2010. The objectives of this multi-institutional experiment were to test hypotheses related to Diamond Shoals as a sink in the regional sediment budget and to provide data for evaluating numerical models. The experiment included in-situ instrumentation for measuring waves and currents; a video camera system for measuring surface currents at a nearshore transect; a radar system for measuring regional surface currents over Diamond Shoals and the adjacent coast; a vehicle-based scanning lidar and radar system for mapping beach topography, nearshore wave breaking intensity, bathymetry (through wave celerity inversion), and wave direction; and an amphibious vehicle system for surveying single-beam bathymetry. Preliminary results from wave and current measurements suggest that shoal-building processes were active during the experiment.<span></span><br></div> application/pdf 10.1142/9789814355537_0161 en World Scientific A nearshore processes field experiment at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, U.S.A. text