S3n:.ibolf; DcjiiJiition' 



l"/ind QUJ'aticn, interA'^al of tine 

 wind blo^'S at constant velocity 

 in generating \;avi.K 



Modulus c: 

 coRity 



C3y cue T,c 



riinimuin d'oration of 'wind in fetcii 

 area 



Velocity of surface wind 



Basic 



Units 



Exaiojls in 



hours 



Qour.s 

 knots 



u 



V 



Velocity of mass transport 



Horizontal velocity of motion left 

 after wave .motion has been destroyed 

 (Gerstner Theory) . 

 Alsos Approxiraate velocity of sur- 

 face wind 



V/ater particle (.horizontal cornponent 

 positive in the direction of T?ave 

 advance) orbital velocity 

 Also; Upper lirait -of integral term 



in solutions of diffraction 



problem 



A velocity 

 Also? A volume 



Velccity of st^orni or fetch front 



Geostrophic vdnd velocity 



Water particle (vertical component) 

 orbital velocity 



Vj eight 



Work performed by one wave 

 per unit length of crest 



Unit xveight (Specific vei£ht> of 

 vater 



Also: Imaginary part of diffraction 

 function f(-u; = L + iv 



B-7 



L/T 



L/T 



I/T 



?A3 



ft/sec 



ft/sec 

 knots 



ft/sec 



\^ 



ft/sec 

 feet3 



I/T 



knots 



L/T 



knots 



L/T 



ft/sec 



F 



•fiounds 



1-AA 



ft-lbs/ft 

 of crest 



lbs/ft3 



