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2.5 WAVE REFLECTION 2-110 



2.51 GENERAL 2-110 



2.52 REFLECTION FROM IMPERMEABLE, VERTICAL WALLS 



(Linear Theory) 2-113 



2.53 REFLECTIONS IN AN ENCLOSED BASIN 2-115 



2.54 WAVE REFLECTION FROM BEACHES 2-117 



2.6 BREAKING WAVES 2-120 



2.61 DEEP WATER 2-120 



2.62 SHOALING WATER 2-121 



REFERENCES AND SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 2-129 



CHAPTER 3 - WAVE AND WATER LEVEL PREDICTIONS 



3.1 INTRODUCTION 3-1 



3.2 CHARACTERISTICS OF OCEAN WAVES 3-2 



3.21 SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AND PERIOD 3-2 



3.22 WAVE HEIGHT VARIABILITY 3-5 



3.23 ENERGY SPECTRA OF WAVES 3-11 



3.24 DIRECTIONAL SPECTRA OF WAVES 3-13 



3.3 WAVE FIELD 3-15 



3.31 DEVELOPMENT OF A WAVE FIELD 3-15 



3.32 VERIFICATION OF WAVE HINDCASTING 3-17 



3.33 DECAY OF A WAVE FIELD 3-17 



3.4 WIND INFORMATION NEEDED FOR WAVE PREDICTION 3-20 



3.41 ESTIMATING THE WIND CHARACTERISTICS 3-22 



3.42 DELINEATING A FETCH 3-27 



3.43 FORECASTS FOR LAKES, BAYS, AND ESTUARIES 3-29 



3.431 Wind Data 3-29 



3.432 Effective Fetch 3-29 



3.5 SIMPLIFIED WAVE-PREDICTION MODELS 3-33 



3.51 SMB METHOD FOR PREDICTING WAVES IN DEEP WATER 3-35 



3.52 EFFECTS OF MOVING STORMS AND A VARIABLE WIND SPEED 



AND DIRECTION 3-40 



3.53 VERIFICATION OF SIMPLIFIED WAVE HINDCAST PROCEDURES. . . 3-40 



3.54 ESTIMATING WAVE DECAY IN DEEP WATER 3-42 



3.6 WAVE FORECASTING FOR SHALLOW WATER 3-42 



3.61 FORECASTING CURVES 3-42 



3.62 DECAY IN LAKES, BAYS, AND ESTUARIES 3-52 



3.7 HURRICANE WAVES 3-52 



3.71 DESCRIPTION OF HURRICANE WAVES 3-52 



3.72 MODEL WIND AND PRESSURE FIELDS FOR HURRICANES 3-54 



3.73 PREDICTION TECHNIQUE 3-57 



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