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Task 4.2 Schedule • Survey plan and technical memo: Six weeks from NTP Task 4.3 Local Wave Study Concurrent with the topographic and bathymetric data collection, consultant shall deploy a network of water level and wave gauges at the site. Consultant may deploy the instruments in late summer or early fall to collect continuous data through winter and spring. This continuous, multi-month instrument deployment will allow for the observation of a range of seasonal variations in coastal conditions and will offer the greatest chance to measure large storm events. A series of topographic profiles and site observations will be collected shortly after instrument deployment. These profiles and observations may be repeated in February or March after winter storms have occurred, and again in May or June prior to the recovery of the wave instruments. The observations and topographic profiles will be interpreted along with the water level and wave data, allowing consultant to characterize the extent and causes of shoreline change during the study period. Consultant shall deploy a sonic wave sensor in the intertidal zone to measure nearshore wave heights in conjunction with a directional wave buoy at an offshore location, and a pressure sensor installed on the seabed near the buoy that provides coincident water levels. As part of the analysis and application of the field measurements, consultant shall apply a simple wind- wave hindcasting tool (i.e., based on parametric equations and methods derived from coastal engineering guidance manuals) to estimate wave conditions based on local wind measurements at nearby publicly available wind stations. Consultant shall compare the hindcast wave conditions with observed wave conditions during the monitoring period, then shall produce a synthetic time series of waves and water levels using available longer record of wind data sets for the area. Consultant shall generate wind wave statistics using the longer, synthetic time series of coincident wave and water level data to assess the influence of specific events on the historic changes to the shoreline, and to estimate the frequency and magnitudes of threshold or "tipping point" events. Consultant shall consider other readily available data and reports pertinent to the studies. Task 4.3 Deliverables • Wave data in digital and graphical formats. • Memo summarizing the wave data collection program and an analysis of the wave and water level data, including implications for the project. Task 4.3 Schedule • 10 months from NTP