PREFACE 



This report presents a method for estimating an upper limit on wave energy 

 in shallow water as a function of depth and parameter's of the wave spectrum. 

 The research was carried out under the coastal waves and flooding program of 

 the U.S. Army Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC). 



The report was prepared by Dr. C. Linwood Vincent, Chief, Coastal 

 Oceanography Branch, under the general supervision of R.P. Savage, Chief, 

 Research Division. J.E. McTamany prepared the computer integration scheme; 

 W.N. Seelig and L. L. Broderick provided the laboratory data. 



Comments on this publication are invited. 



Approved for publication in accordance with Public Law 166, 79th Congress, 

 approved 31 July 1945, as supplemented by Public Law 172, 88th Congress, 

 approved 7 November 1963. 



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TED E. BISHOP 



Colonel, Corps of Engineers 



Commander and Director 



