APPENDIX A 

 GLOSSARY OF TERMS 

 The glossary was compiled and reviewed by the Staff of the Coastal 

 Engineering Research Center. The terms came from many sources. However, 

 the following publications were of particular value. 



American Geological Institute (1957) - Glossary of Geology and Related 

 Saienaes with Supplement. 2d Edition. 



American Meteorological Society (1959) - Glossary of Meteorology . 



U.S. Army Coastal Engineering Research Center (1966) - Shore Protection^ 

 Planning and Design, Technical Report No. 4, 3d Edition. 



U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1949) - Tide and Current Glossary, Special 

 Publication No. 228, Revised (1949) Edition. 



U.S. Navy Oceanographic Office (1966) - Glossary of Ooeanographio Terms, 

 Special Publication (SP-35) , 2d Edition. 



Wiegel, R.L. (1953) - Waves, Tides, Currents and Beaches: Glossary of 

 Terms and List of Standard Symbols. Council on Wave Research, The 

 Engineering Foundation, University of California. 



NEWPORT COVE, MAINE - 12 September, 1958 



