SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS 



d water depth 



d- water depth at seaward or beginning edge of segment 



F fetch length 



F adjusted fetch length for distance across a segment in the 

 direction of wave motion 



F equivalent fetch length for the initial wave at seaward or 

 beginning edge of segment 



f^ bottom-friction factor (Darcy-Weisbach friction factor) 



f^. bottom-friction factor at seaward or beginning edge of segment 



G- fractional growth factor of equivalent initial wave 



g gravitational acceleration 



H wave height 



H^ decayed wave height at end of fetch 



H equivalent wave height at end of fetch 



H^ wave height at end of fetch 



H. wave height at seaward or beginning edge of segment 



H- equivalent initial wave height 



H^ maximum stable wave height 



H maximum significant wave height which would be generated for 

 given windspeed and water depth 



K^ decay factor 



Kj? Qj decay factor when the bottom- friction factor, f^ = 0.01 



K/? decay factor when the bottom- friction factor, ff, has a value 



•^ different than 0.01 



K shoaling coefficient 



L wavelength 



L deepwater wavelength for a wave with period, T 



