Station name Bay Waveland Yacht Club, MS
Latitude 30° 19.5' N
Longitude 89° 19.5' W
Operating Agency National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Station Homepage http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/stationhome.html?id=8747437 Table 9.1- Station Information for Bay St. Louis
Shell Beach:
Station name Shell Beach, LA
Latitude 29° 52.0' N
Longitude 89° 40.3' W
Operating Agency National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Station Homepage http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/stationhome.html?id=8761305 Table 9.2- Station Information for Shell Beach
New Canal:
Station name New Canal Station, LA
Latitude 30° 1.6' N
Longitude 90° 6.8' W
Operating Agency National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Station Homepage http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/stationhome.html?id=8761927 Table 9.3-Station Information for New Canal
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Joseph Island:
Station name Mississippi Sound at USGS St Joseph Island Light
Latitude 30°11'27" N
Longitude 89°25'20" W
Operating Agency United States Geological Survey
Station Homepage http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?agency_code=USGS&site_no=301104089253400
Table 9.4-Station Information for Joseph Island Rigolets:
Station name Rigolets at Hwy 90 near Slidell, LA
Latitude 30°10'01" N
Longitude 89°44'26" W
Operating Agency United States Geological Survey
Station Homepage http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?agency_code=USGS&site_no=301001089442600
Table 9.5-Station Information for Rigolets Bayou St. John:
Station name Bayou Saint John outside gate at New Orleans, LA
Latitude 30°01'28" N
Longitude 90°04'58" W
Operating Agency United States Geological Survey
Station Homepage http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?agency_code=USGS&site_no=300128090045800
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East Pearl River:
Station name East Pearl River at CSX Railroad Near Claiborne, MS
Latitude 30°11'41" N
Longitude 89°32'03" W
Operating Agency United States Geological Survey
Station Homepage http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?agency_code=USGS&site_no=301141089320300
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APPENDIX II: List of Tributaries
Amite River Tickfaw River Blind River Tangipahoa River Tchefuncta River Pearl River
Jordan and Wolf Rivers
Pascagoula River
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VITA
Sina Amini was born 1988 in Shiraz Iran, the homeland of poets and flowers. As the third child of his family, he became interested in engineering as a kid. After completing high school in 2006, Sina moved to Bandarabbas, Iran, to pursue his undergraduate degree in civil engineering at Hormozgan University.
In 2012 he moved to the United States to study for his master’s degree in civil and Environmental engineering at UNO. Sina was then offered an opportunity to work with Professor McCorquodale as a research assistant, specializing in numerical modeling. He has met all the degree requirements and is anticipated to graduate in May 2014.