SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS 



d water depth 



d£ water depth at seaward or beginning edge of segment 



F fetch length 



F adjusted fetch length for distance across a segment in the 

 direction of wave motion 



F equivalent fetch length for the initial wave at the seaward or 

 beginning edge of the segment 



f~ bottom-friction factor (Darcy-Weisbach friction factor) 



f j.. bottom-friction factor at seaward or beginning edge of the 



segment 



G- fractional growth factor of equivalent initial wave 



g gravitational acceleration 



H wave height 



H75 decayed wave height at the end of the fetch 



H g ' equivalent wave height at the end of the fetch 



Wf wave height at end of fetch 



H^ wave height at seaward or beginning edge of the segment 



H£ e equivalent initial wave height 



fyj maximum stable wave height 



H sm maximum significant wave height which would be generated for a 



given windspeed and water depth 



Kf decay factor 



Kf Q2 decay factor when the bottom- friction factor, f f = 0.01 



YLf a decay factor when the bottom-friction factor, ff, has a value 



different than 0.01 



K s shoaling coefficient 

 L wavelength 



