surface and subsurface stones. Charts and Tables faci- 

 litating solution of the basic equation are presented, 



IIHF "Japanese Research in Physical Oceanography, 1948-1950" 



Information prepared by Dr. Koji Hidaka, Geophysical 

 Institute, Tokyo University, summarizing research efforts 

 in physical oceanography in Japan. Japanese agencies 

 involved with the program, periodicals and Journals 

 issued by Japanese institutions and societies, and a list 

 of Japanese references are also included. 



"Progress Reports on Research Sponsored by the Beach Erosion 

 Board" 



Abstracts from progress reports on the several research 

 contracts in force between the Beach Erosion Board and 

 universities and other institutions, and brief statements 

 regarding the status of research projects beiig prosecuted 

 in the Board's own laboratory are presented, 



"Beach Erosion Studies" 



Summaries of completed cooperative study reports on 

 California - Carpinteria to Point Mugu, Connecticut - 

 Pawcatuck River to Thames River, and Ohio Shoreline of 

 Lake Erie - Sandusky to Vermilion, and listing of those 

 cooperative studies still in progress are presented. 



SPECIAL ISSUE NO. 2 - March 1953 



II-A "Shore Protection Planning and Design (Preliminary Issue)" 



C 



E A preliminary printing of a comprehensive manual for 



technical persons concerned with design of shore protection 

 measures. Comments were invited from those receiving this 

 preliminary issue, and the manual has subsequently been 

 completed in final form. 



ISSUE NO. 2 - 1 April 1953 



I-A "The Reflecting Power of Maritime Works Exposed to Action 

 of the Waves" by M. Miche 



An abstract of a translation of Mr, Miche »s paper ori- 

 ginally appearing in June 1951 in the Annals of the 

 Highway Department, National Press (France). Mr. Miche's 

 work is an extension of the work of Iribarren and Nogales 



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