Abstract

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) initiated the Regional Sediment Management (RSM) Demonstration Program in recognition of the interaction of engineered navigation and beach restoration projects with adjacent coastal projects. A major component of this initiative is the creation of a regional sediment budget for a 360kilometer stretch of Gulf of Mexico shoreline that includes nine federal navigation projects and one federal beach restoration project. This paper outlines two elements of creating a sediment budget for a single inlet system within the RSM region: identifying sand transport pathways and computing changes in sand volume. Both elements rely heavily on comparison of successive SHOALS data sets collected at East Pass, Florida, USA. The paper then describes how the information inferred from the comparisons will be incorporated into the macrobudget for the entire region. INTRODUCTION The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) initiated the Regional Sediment Management (RSM) Demonstration Program in recognition of the interaction of engineered navigation and beach restoration projects with adjacent coastal projects. The goal of the RSM Demonstration Program is to develop a project management approach in which each navigation and beach restoration project is considered a 1 Physical Scientist, Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise, U.S. Army Engineer District Mobile, 109 St. Joseph Street, Mobile, AL 36602 USA. Tel.: 334-690-3466, Fax: 334-690-3464, Email: jennifer.m.wozencraft@usace.army.mil 2 Research Hydraulic Engineer, Coastal and Hydraulics Lab, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, 109 St. Joseph Street, Mobile, AL 36602 USA. Tel.: 334-690-3465, Fax: 334-690-3464, Email: jennifer.l.irish@usace.army.mil 3 Hydraulic Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer District Mobile, 109 St. Joseph Street, Mobile, AL 36602 USA. Tel.: 334-690-2593, Fax: 334-690-4058, Email: linda.s.lillycrop@usace.army.mil

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