APPENDIX I 



SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS 



B ,C Transformation coefficients 



n n 



C Nondimensional wind-drag coefficient 



D Depth of water 



D_ Distortion factor for deforming the wind 



D, Distance of hurricane from the coast 



h 



D Maximum expected depth of water at any point 



within computing grid 



D Depth of water relative to mean sea level 



E Error function 



f Coriolis parameter 



F Scale factor associated with the orthogonal 



curvilinear coordinate system 



F Influence function for deforming the wind 



g Acceleration due to gravity 



H Water level relative to mean sea level 



H Hydrostatic elevation of the sea surface corres- 



ponding to the departure of the atmospheric 

 pressure from a constant 



I Influence factor for deforming the wind 



IM,JM Number of computational grid points along the S* and 



T* axes 



k Wave number = it/A 



k Wave number of free wave in the annulus 



m,n 



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