Mike Muglia, Coastal Studies Institute, Baton Rouge, United States, Patterson Taylor, University of North Carolina Coastal Studies Insitute, Wanchese, United States, Harvey Seim, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, Caroline Lowcher, East Carolina University, Department of Coastal Studies, Wanchese, United States, John Bane, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States and Yubeen Jeong, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Chapel Hill, United States