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Stauble and Tabar
Figure 14. Representative profile monitoring of the Avalon, New Jersey, Beachsaver site. (a) Profile C on northern end of the Beachsaver reef, (b) Profile
G at southern end of reef, and (c) south control profile S (after Bruno et al., 1996b).
imity of this reef to Townsends Inlet, the currents had a
the inshore gage measured a slight reduction in wave height
strong tidal flow component flowing northward into the inlet
relative to the offshore gage on the order of 5 cm (1.7 inches).
on flood and south on ebb. The first deployment in September
During larger wave events, the inshore gage measured waves
1993 indicated that the offshore wave height was similar to
up to 10 cm (3.4 inches) smaller (BRUNO et al., 1996b). The
the inshore wave height but the inshore gage only recorded
reported maximum wave reduction was measured at 20%
every six hours due to limited memory. The second deploy-
during the study. Wave transmission was calculated using a
ment in 1995 increased the sampling interval to one hour on
spectra-based significant wave height from the inshore and
both gages for better resolution. During small wave events,
offshore gages using Eq. (1). When the negative freeboard
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