Volume 4, No. I (Continued) 



A Formula for the Calculation of the Tidal Discharge Through an Inlet 



A formula is developed for maximum discharge through an inlet, 

 based on a known tidal prism, and checked for four locations where 

 field data were available. Written by Dr. Garbis H. Keulegan and 

 Jay V. Hal I, Jr. 



Characteristics of Measured Wave Action on the Basis of the Frequency 

 Distribution of Wave Length, Wave Height, and Steepness 



Translation of a German paper by H, Ehring, 1940. Classification 

 of wave data measured by wave gages according to frequency of occur- 

 rence of various classes of wave dimensions rather than by a mean or 

 particular value is discussed. Examples and advantages are given. 



Comite Central d 'Oceanographie et d'Etude des Cotes 



Briefs of information of general i nterest. conta i ned in periodic 

 Information Bulletin of the above French organization. Includes 

 "Remarks on Wave Forecasting", "Relations Between Microseismic 

 Activity and Waves", "Wave Diffraction", and "An Explanation of 

 Certain Marine Currents." 



Volume 4, No. 2 - Apri I 1950 



Wave Dimensions in the North and Baltic Seas 



Translation of a paper in German by E. Mewes, originally published 

 in 1937. Results of observations and measurements of the state of the 

 sea, made in 1936-37, are reported and evaluated. Recorded and esti- 

 mated wave dimensions are compared. Wave dimensions for different 

 states of the sea are discussed. 



A Method of Estimating Wave Direction 



A sighting bar attachment for an ordinary transit, enabling wave 

 direction to be estimated, is described and its use discussed. 

 Written by D. R. Forrest. 



Volume 4, No. 3 - July 1950 



Southern Hemisphere Swell and Waves from a Tropical Storm at Long 

 Beach, Ca I i fornia _ 



Characteristics of waves destructive to harbor breakwaters in 

 the Long Beach - San i^edro area are examined for Southern Hemisphere 

 swell occurring in 1930 and waves from a tropical storm in the North 

 Pacific Ocean occurring in 1939. Refraction analyses are made, and 

 a hindcast of wave conditions occurring in the 1939 storm is based 

 on available weather data. Written by Paul L. Horrer, this paper is 

 a companion piece to "Wave Refraction at Long Beach and Santa Barbara, 

 California", Volume 4, No. I of the BEB Bulletin. 



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