SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS 



A, bay surface area 



A channel cross-sectional area 



o 



A i channel cross-sectional area at each of n sections 



a, bay tidal amplitude 



a sea tidal amplitude 



B channel width 



d average channel depth 



di^ average bay depth 



F friction term (k + k + fL/4R) 



^ en ex ' 



f Darcy-Weisbach friction factor 



g acceleration of gravity 



K friction coefficient 



K frequency coefficient 



k entrance-loss coefficient 



en 



k exit-loss coefficient 



ex 



L channel length 



Vn distance from inlet to farthest point in bay 



L^ effective channel length 



n Manning's resistance coefficient 



P tidal prism 



R channel hydraulic radius 



R^ channel hydraulic radius at each of n sections 



T tidal period 



t time 



V instantaneous average channel velocity 



