Surface Waves effect on sediment transport-- team input

Initial input from A. Shepard:

What are the coastal ocean/atmosphere information needs to support 
this application? 
MY FOCUS IS TRANSPORT AT/NEAR SEAFLOOR. NEED TO KNOW: BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER DYNAMICS, SUBSTRATE
GEOLOGY, AND PARTICLE TYPES/DYNAMICS

Which federal and state agencies and private sector entities play which roles?
STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS, USGS, NOAA, USACOE

Who are the interfaces to/from the above?
STATE-- EACH STATE HAS STATE GEOLOGIST (DON'T HAVE NAMES), EACH STATE HAS USCOE OFFICES AND LEADS, USGS-ST
PETE, NOAA- SEVERAL PROGRAMS INCLUDING STATE SEA GRANTS, NOAA UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTER AT UNCW
(SOUTHEAST REGION), NOAA CENTER FOR COASTAL OCEAN SERVICE (NCCOS), NOAA COASTAL SERVICES CENTER (CSC)

In the short term what can SEACOOS provide that is otherwise not 
available at present?
GLIDER SUPPORT, HF RADAR AND RELATED MODELS, WAVE DATA FROM NEW REAL-TIME STATIONS, INTERFACE WITH STATES
TO ACCESS AND INTEGRATE STATE COASTAL SURVEYS (SIDE-SCAN, SEISMIC); COMPREHENSIVE REGIONAL GIS
FOCUSED ON THIS ISSUE OR DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH EXISTING SYSTEMS OR CSC

What steps need to be taken to make this information available to 
identified users?
REGIONAL GIS, NEW INTEGRATED WEB SITE, AND EXTENSIVE DATA MINING EFFORT EFFORT (DATA AND METADATA)

What are some ideas on longer term actions in support of the application?
NEW TECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES SIMILAR TO LEO15 OFF NJ WITH INTEGRATION OF OBSERVATORY, REMOTE SENSING
DATA (FROM SHORE, SATELLITES, PLANES), AND AUVS; A LEO15 MODEL STATION THAT INTEGRATES ALL THESE
APPROACHES OFF A BEACH-FRONT EXPERIENCING EXTREME EROSION PROBLEMS