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CONTENTS 
CONVERSION FACTORS, U.S. CUSTOMARY TO METRIC (SI). 
INTRODUCTION . 
1. Background or 
2. Experimental Procedures : 
Sy oCOper. 
RESULTS ; 
Wave Heaehe Variability : 
Profile Surveys . 
Sediment-Size Detetbnelen 
Breaker Characteristics 
Water Temperature . 
Wave-Generated Currents 
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PROFILE DEVELOPMENT AND REFLECTIVITY . 
1. Profile Development . 
2. Profile Reflectivity 
SUMMARY OF RESULTS . : 
1. Wave Height Warieiad fey : 
2. Profile Equilibrium . 0 
3. Other Laboratory Effects 
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .. .». 
1. Conclusions . 
2. Recommendations . 
LITERATURE CITED . 
APPENDIX EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES FOR 72B-06 AND 72B-10. 
TABLES 
1 Summary of experimental conditions . 
2 Schedule for experiments 72B-06 and 72B-10 . 
3 Data collection schedule within runs for experiments 72B-06 
and 72B-10. 
4 Wave heights during first 10 minutes for experiments 72B-06 
and 72B-10. 
5 Incident wave heights in fixed- and movable-bed tanks for 
experiments 72B-06 and 72B-10 . 
6 Reflection coefficients, manual and automated methods 
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