CONTENTS 



Page 



CONVERSION FACTORS, U.S. CUSTOMARY TO METRIC (SI) . 6 



I INTRODUCTION 7 



II APPLICATION OF MODELS 7 



III EXAMPLE OF MODEL APPLICATION 8 



IV SUMMARY 14 



LITERATURE CITED 15 



FIGURES 



1 Contoured bathymetry near CERC's pier 8 



2 Sample output of the ray program 10 



3 Sample ray plot showing pier location and boundaries of 



grid used in spectral model 11 



4 Plot of wave directions from the spectral model within the region 



outlined in Figure 3 12 



5 Radar image of wave crests, 2300, 13 September 1978, from CERC's 



radar at end of pier 13 



6 Comparison of measured and calculated wave heights 14 



