Symbol 



^i 



gr 



Definition 



"SM^-^) 



w 



U(z) 



Period of fundamental mode of 

 seiche in rectangular basin open 

 at one end 



Fundamental and maximum period 

 of seiches in closed basin 



Time 



Time a tidal wave will take to 

 propagate to a given point 



Windspeed 



#x component (perpendicular to 



shore) of volume transport per 



unit width 



Wind-stress factor (eq. 3-28) 



Fastest-mile windspeed 



Geostrophic windspeed (eq. 3-30) 



Gradient windspeed (eq. 3-57) 



Windspeed over land 



Maximum gradient windspeed 

 (eq. 3-61) 



Maximum sustained gradient wind- 

 speed (eq. 3-60) 

 9Ursell parameter (eq. 2-A5) 



Convection term to be added vec- 

 torially to wind velocity at each 

 location r to correct for storm 

 motion (eq. 3-58) 



Surface windspeed 



Duration-averaged windspeed 



Windspeed over water 



Friction velocity (eq. 3-25) 



Mass transport velocity at depth 

 2 for a water particle subject to 

 wave motion mean drift velocity 

 (eq. 2-55) 



Horizontal (x) normal-to-the- 

 shoreline component of local 

 fluid velocity (water particle 

 velocity); current velocity 

 (eq. 2-13) 



9 Maximum water velocity at en- 

 trance to inlet channel 

 (eq. 4-70) 



Particle velocity under a break- 



Dimension 



T 

 T 



T 

 L/T 



L^/TL 



L/T 



L/T 



L/T 



L/T 



L/T 



L/T 



L/T 



L/T 



L/T 

 L/T 

 L/T 

 L/T 

 L/T 

 L/T 



Example Units 



Metric 



hr 



hr 



s, min, hr 



hr 

 m/s 



3 

 km /hr-km 



m/s 



m/s 



m/s 



m/s 



m/s 



m/s 



m/s 



English 



m/s 



m/s 

 m/s 

 m/s 

 m/s 

 m/s 

 m/s 



hr 



hr 



s, min, hr 



hr 



knots, mi/hr 



•3,1, 

 mi /hr-mi 



mi/hr 



mi/hr 



knots, mi/hr 



knots, mi/hr 



mi/hr 



knots, mi/hr 



knots, mi/hr 



mi/hr 

 mi/hr 



knots, mi/hr 

 knots, mi/hr 



ft/s 



ft/s 

 ft/s 

 ft/s 

 ft/s 

 ft/s 

 ft/s 



(Continued) 



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