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1. REPORT NUMBER 

 MR 83-6 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO 



3. RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUMBER 



4. TITLE (and Subtitle) 



INTERACTION OF WAVES AND CURRENTS 



5. TYPE OF REPORT & PERIOD COVERED 



Miscellaneous Report 



6. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 



7. AUTHORfs; 



D. Howell Peregrine 

 Ivar G. Jonsson 



CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERfe; 



DACW72-80-C-0004 



PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



Cyril Galvin, Coastal Engineer 



Box 623 



Springfield, VA 22150 



B31673 



11. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvolr, VA 22060 



. REPORT DATE 



March 1983 



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. SECURITY CLASS, (of thia report) 



UNCLASSIFIED 



16. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT fo/ «i/s ReporO 



Approved for public release; distribution unlimited, 



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18. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 



19. KEY WORDS (Continue on reverae aida If necsaaary and Identify by block number; 



Currents 



Sediment transport 



Wave-current interaction 



Wave refraction 

 Waves 



20. ABSTRACT fContfiuja oa revere* sfofis ft na^ce^aary and Identify by block number) 



This report presents an overview of wave-current interaction, including 

 comprehensive review of references to significant U.S. and foreign literature 

 available through December 1981. Specific topics under review are the effects 

 of horizontally and vertically varying currents on waves, wave refraction by 

 currents, dissipation and turbulence, small- and medium-scale currents, 

 caustics and focusing, and wave breaking. 



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