where 9 defines the contour angle. The local wave angle, deepwater wave 



c 

 angle, and contour angle follow the angle convention shown in Figure 2. The 



contour angle is an input parameter into RCPWAVE. 



o = DEEPWATER WAVE ANGLE 



9 = LOCAL WAVE ANGLE 

 8 ^OFFSHORE CONTOUR ANGLE 



Figure 2. Definition of angle conventions used in the model 



25. Wave heights at each cell are estimated as the product of the deep- 

 water wave height, a shoaling coefficient k , and a refraction coefficient 



k , thus 

 r ' 



H = H K K 

 o r s 



(29) 



where 



cos 9. 



r \ cos 



.1/2 



(30) 



and 



16 



