APPENDIX B: NOTATION 



dH^/dx 



DW 



La 



Ah 



At 



Aw 



F 



FE 



8 

 H 



Hmax 

 Hmin 



Hmo 



u 



"rms 



H s 



H10 



i 



k 



K 



Kurt(H) 



Kurt(T) 



N 



P 



r 2 



s 



S(H) 

 S(T) 

 Skew(H) 



Empirical coefficient 



Empirical coefficient 



Empirical coefficient to convert wet weight to dry 

 weight 



Local cross -shore gradient of wave height 



Dry weight of sediment, kg (force) 



Distance between nozzles, m 



Height of streamer nozzle, m 



Sampling time interval, sec 



Width of streamer nozzle, m 



Sand flux (measured), kg/(m 2 -sec) 



Sand flux (estimated), kg/(m 2 -sec) 



Acceleration due to gravity, m/sec 2 



Mean wave height, m 



Maximum wave height, m 



Minimum wave height, m 



Spectrally based significant deepwater wave height, m 



Root-mean- square wave height (also Hrms ) , m 



Significant wave height (also Hs ), average of the 

 highest one-third wave heights, m 



Average of the highest one-tenth wave heights, m 



Transport rate density, kg/(m-sec) 



Streamer number 



Empirical coefficient 



Kurtosis of wave height elevations relative to mean 



Kurtosis of wave period relative to mean 



Total number of streamers in a trap 



Density of seawater, kg/m 3 



Squared correlation coefficient 



Weight of sand, kg (force) 



Standard deviation in wave height, m 



Standard deviation in wave period, sec 



Skewness of wave height elevations relative to mean 



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