CONTENTS 



Page 



PREFACE 1 



CONVERSION FACTOR, NON-SI TO SI (METRIC) 



UNITS OF MEASUREMENT 3 



PART I : INTRODUCTION 4 



Background 4 



Purpose and Scope 4 



PART II: METHODS FOR ESTIMATING IRREGULAR WAVE OVERTOPPING RATES 6 



Shore Protection Manual Method 6 



Goda's Method 14 



Batt jes ' Method 16 



Owen ' s Method 21 



Other Methods 25 



PART III : COMPARISON OF METHODS 27 



Summary of Regions of Applicability , . 27 



Comparison of Results 28 



Comparison with Data 32 



PART IV: OTHER PARAMETERS THAT AFFECT OVERTOPPING 35 



Onshore Winds 35 



Angle of Wave Attack 35 



Varying Water Level 35 



PART V: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 37 



REFERENCES 39 



