Af, (Af); 
SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS 
wave component amplitude 
water depth 
sum of all E; 
spectral energy density values 
energy density for the highest spectral peak 
frequency of spectral component in hertz 
frequency corresponding to the highest spectral peak 
frequency corresponding to the ith highest spectral peak 
acceleration due to gravity 
significant wave height corresponding to the full spectrum 
significant wave height corresponding to the ith highest spectral 
peak 
indices representing the lower and upper bounds of the highest 
spectral peak 
indices representing the lower and upper bounds of the ith highest 
spectral peak 
total number of spectral frequency components 
spectral energy values 
energy contained in ith highest spectral peak 
time 
period corresponding to the highest spectral peak 
period corresponding to the ith highest spectral peak 
frequency bandwidth represented by each spectral energy density 
(in hertz) 
sea-surface elevation referenced to local mean water level 
phase of spectral component 
frequency of spectral component (in radians per second) 
