Plan for the rest of the paper 
The techniques and equations for the description of the sea 
surface have been presented in Chapter 5, and in Chapters 7 through 
12. No more equations and derivations are needed as far as this 
paper is concerned, and thus there will be no more plates presented 
in the text. 
In the next three chapters, these equations will be applied 
to practical data. An example of an accurate wave analysis will 
be given. The important numbers which can be obtained from such 
data will be computed. The character of wave records will be 
described in greater detail. A theoretical forecast will be carried 
out which will show the strange effects of refraction on the waves 
which reach the North Jersey coast. Wherever possible, published 
data and observations will be used to substantiate the results. 
It should be pointed out that the derivations presented and 
the theoretical results obtained just scratch the surface of the 
results which can be obtained by continued investigation along 
the lines pursued herein. The problems of ship motion, radar 
reflectivity, the relationship between wave and wind spectra, 
capillary waves, circular storms, moving storms and very short 
range wave prediction are all still unsolved. 
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