CONTENTS 



Page 



CONVERSION FACTORS, U.S. CUSTOMARY TO METRIC (SI) 5 



SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS 6 



I INTRODUCTION 9 



II DISCUSSION OF THE THREE APPENDIXES 9 



1. The Equations (App. A) 9 



2. Wave Height (App. B) 10 



3. The Data (App. C) 10 



III WAVE SPEED AND BREAKER ANGLE 10 



IV SUMMARY 12 



LITERATURE CITED 13 



APPENDIX 



A DERIVATION OF LONGSHORE ENERGY FLUX FACTOR "IS 



B DISTINCTION BETWEEN SIGNIFICANT AND ROOT-MEAN -SQUARE WAVE 



HEIGHTS IN PREDICTING LONGSHORE TRANSPORT RATES 25 



C FIELD AND' LABORATORY DATA IN THE SPM ENERGY FLUX DISCUSSION. . 30 



