INDEX TO THE PROCEEDINGS 

 OF THE COASTAL ENGINEERING CONFERENCES 



FIRST CONFERENCE - 1950 



Part 1 

 Basic Principles of Wave Motion 



Chapter Title and Author Page 



1 ORIGIN AND GENERATION OF WAVES 1 



Walter H. Munk 



2 ELEMENTS OF WAVE THEORY 5 



R. L. Wiegel and J. W. Johnson 



3 THE TRANSFORMATION OF WAVES IN SHALLOW WATER 22 



Martin A. Mason 



4 REFRACTION AND DIFFRACTION DIAGRAMS 33 



James W, Dunham 



5 NEARSHORE CIRCULATION 50 



Francis P. Shepard and Douglas Inman 



6 HARBOR SURGING 60 



Vito A. Vanoni and John H. Carr 



Part 2 

 Basic Design Data 



7 WAVE RECORDERS 69 



F. E. Snodgrass 



8 WAVE FORECASTING AND HINDCASTING 82 



Robert S. Arthur 



9 THE ENGINEERING APPLICATION OF SEA AND SWELL DATA ■ 88 



Richard H. Fleming and Charles C. Bates 



10 RESULTS OF THE WARTIME HISTORICAL AND NORMAL MAP PROGRAM 98 



H. Wexler and M. Tepper 



11 COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY DATA 102 



Rear Admiral Robert F. A. Studds 



12 THE BEACH EROSION BOARD 126 



Dabney 0. Elliott 



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