README file for "imperial_beach_characteristics" folder of Ludka BC, Guza RT, O’Reilly WC, Merrifield MA, Flick RE, Bak S, Hesser TJ, Bucciarelli RL, Olfe C, Woodward B, Boyd W, Smith K, Okihiro M, Grenzeback R, Parry L, Boyd G. Data from: Sixteen years of bathymetry and waves at San Diego Beaches. Dryad Digital Repository. For more information, refer to Ludka BC, Guza RT, O’Reilly WC, Merrifield MA, Flick RE, Bak S, Hesser TJ, Bucciarelli RL, Olfe C, Woodward B, Boyd W, Smith K, Okihiro M, Grenzeback R, Parry L, Boyd G. (2019) Sixteen years of bathymetry and waves at San Diego Beaches, Scientific Data. All data files created and used in processing are formatted in the Network Common Data Form (NetCDF) and can be read using MATLAB, Python, Fortran, C, C++, Java, and other languages. These files include detailed metadata for each variable, using CF conventions 1.6 with Standard Name Table v64. Files included in this folder are: imperial_beach_widths.nc imperial_hard_substrate.nc imperial_MOP_definitions.nc imperial_MOP_defintions.kml imperial_nourishment.nc imperial_pier_and_jetty_locations.nc imperial_regions.nc imperial_sections.nc imperial_volumes.nc