A relatively complete bathymetric survey of the bay including the
channels and mud flats. The smooth sheets are available at Humboldt
County Department of Public Works, Natural Resources Division (see
Appendix D.3 for contact information) and should also be available from
the U.S. Army Engineer District, San Francisco, possibly in a digital
format.
Jarrett, J. T. (1975). "Tidal Prism-Inlet Area Relationships," U.S. Army Coastal
Engineering Research Center Report. Fort Belvoir, VA.
Includes the Humboldt Bay Entrance as an example of a twin-jettied
inlet.
Jensen, R. E., Hubertz, J. M., and Payne, J. B. (1989). "Pacific Coast Hindcast
Phase III, Wave Information," Wave Information Studies Report 17, U.S. Army
Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Coastal Engineering Research Center,
Vicksburg, MS.
Provides comprehensive wave hindcast data set for the Pacific coastline
including Humboldt County.
Johnson, J. W., More, J. T., and Orret, E. B. (1971). "Summary of Annual Wave
Power for Ten Deepwater Stations Along the California, Oregon, and
Washington Coasts," Report HEL-24-9, Hydraulics Engineering Laboratory,
University of California, Berkeley.
This treatment was a preliminary and supporting study to examine one of
the parameters (wave climate) important for inlet dynamics and stability
on the U.S. Pacific coastline and was used in Johnson's 1972 Inlet Study.
Johnson, J. W. (1972). "Tidal Inlets on the California, Oregon, and Washington
Coasts," Technical Report HEL-24-12, Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory,
University of California, Berkeley.
Includes the Humboldt Bay entrance as an example of a Pacific coast
inlet. Provides some data on inlet characteristics and stability.
Kia, R. (1992). "Mad River Inlet Dynamics, Interim Report," California
Department of Transportation.
Not reviewed. Preliminary to Borgeld's 1993 reports.
Komar, P. D., Borgeld, J. C., and Allan, J. (2000). "The Migration of the Mad
River Mouth and its Erosional Impacts within the Humboldt Bay Littoral Cell,
Northern California," California Department of Transportation.
This report is basically an extension of Borgeld's 1993 reports and
examines the potential effects on beach erosion that might be caused by
the structural protection installed at the mouth of the Mad River.
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Appendix E Annotated Bibliography of Key Studies and Reports