TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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PREFACE 1 



CONVERSION FACTORS, U. S. CliSTC'lARY TO METRIC (SI) 



UNITS OF MEASUREiMENT 3 



PART I: INTRODUCTION ..... 5 



Background and Objectives 5 



Approach 6 



PART II: COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES 12 



Equations of Motion 12 



Numerical Method 14 



Boundary Conditions 16 



Grid Connections 17 



PART III: PROTOTYPE DATA 19 



Tidal Data 19 



Storm Surge Data 19 



PART IV: NUMERICAL MODEL CALIBRATION 21 



Procedure 21 



Offshore Model 22 



Near shore Model 23 



Shore Process Model 26 



PART V: NUMERICAL MODEL VERIFICATION 27 



Offshore Model 30 



Nearshore Model 32 



Shore Process Model 3A 



PART VI: CONTROL STRUCTURES IMPACT 36 



Preliminary Tests 36 



Storm Surge Tests 37 



Tide Tests 39 



PART VII: SHORE PROCESS MODEL REQUIREMENTS A3 



Part VIII: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS A5 



REFERENCES 46 



TABLES 1-4 



PLATES 1-111 



APPENDIX A: NOTATION Al 



