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1. REPORT NUMBER 



CETA 77-6 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO 



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4. TITLE (and Subtitle) 



A METHOD FOR ESTIMATING WIND-WAVE GROWTH AND 

 DECAY IN SHALLOW WATER WITH HIGH VALUES OF 

 BOTTOM FRICTION 



5. TYPE OF REPORT a PERIOD COVERED 



Coastal Engineering 

 Technical Aid 



6. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 



7. AUTHORfsJ 



Frederick E. Camfield 



8. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERfs; 



9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center (CEREN-CD) 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



F31234 



11. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



12. REPORT DATE 



October 1977 



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Approved for public release, distribution unlimited. 



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Wave generation Wind waves 



Hf Shallow water 



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This report presents an approximate method for estimating wind-wave growth 

 and decay over flooded areas where there is a major effect from bottom fric- 

 tion because of dense vegetation. 



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