The Coastal Engineering Research Center's (CERC's) Field Research Facility (FRF) at Duck, N.C., is a 561-m-(1,840-ft- ) long pier and laboratory dedicated to basic and applied coastal research. This report, which describes the facility, the instrumentation and data being collected, and the local area, is designed to be used as an aid in planning experiments to be conducted at the facility. Use of the FRF by coastal researchers is encouraged. (Author).

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