New Jersey Beach Profile Network Annual Report in Shoreline Changes in New Jersey Coastal Reaches One Through Fifteen, Raritan Bay to Delaware Bay, Spring of 2002 Through Fall of 2003

The 2003 New Jersey Beach Profile Network report covers 18 months of beach changes along the New Jersey coastline, from the spring of 2002 through the fall of 2003. The report provides information about the New Jersey Beach Profile Network, the sites surveyed, and the methodology used. These observations on beach changes along the New Jersey coastline have provided a means to determine both rapid seasonal changes and follow long-term trends in shoreline position or beach volume. The 100 sites surveyed extend from the lower Raritan Bay, along the four-oceanfront county shorelines and into Delaware Bay along the western shoreline of Cape May County. Each report focuses on shoreline and beach volume changes presented as tables, photographs and topographic profiles for each of the 100 locations.This research was funded by the State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Construction and Engineering under the Shore Protection legislation authorizing the stable funding of coastal projects (NJ PL 93 Chap 155). This is the final report under contract #4135 and includes the first quarter's work under the new contract, #4154.Purpose: To document long-term trends in changes in NJ beaches and to to develop statistically meaningful information for State and local coastal zone managers