SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS 



A, bay area 



A inlet cross-sectional area 



A . area of Chocolate Bayou 



A equilibrium cross-sectional area 



A ^i^ area of Christmas and Bastrop Bays 



A^ difference between postdredging and subsequent predredging 

 cross-channel profile 



A^L area of West Bay (to Carancahua Reef only) 



a mean diurnal tidal amplitude 



D distance between stations 



d water depth 



f Darcy Weisbach friction coefficient 



g acceleration of gravity 



K Keulegan repletion coefficient 



k wave number 



L channel length 



L effective channel length 



n Manning's coefficient 



P tidal prism 



Q instantaneous tidal discharge 



R hydraulic radius at inlet minimum cross-sectional area 



R hydraulic radius of gorge 



R hydraulic radius of shallow section 



R^^ tidal range at Alligator Point in West Bay 



S shoaling rate 



T tidal period 



T time between surveys 



