APPEiroiX A: NOTATION 



a Wave amplitude function 



a' Ratio of volume of solids to total volume of sediment 

 = 1 - p 



a , b , c Mapping constants for region p in x-direction 



a , b , c Mapping constants for region q in y-direction 



q q q 



A Area of cell 

 c 



c Drag coefficient, wave celerity 



C Coefficient 



c Wave group velocity 



C Chezy coefficient 



d Local total water depth 



D Sediment diameter exceeded in size by 65 percent (by weight) 

 of sediment sample, energy dissipation term 



2 



E Wave energy density = pgH /8 



f Coriolis parameter, drag coefficient 



F , F Terms representing external forces 



fw Wave friction factor with D as bed roughness 



g Acceleration due to gravity 



h Local still-water depth 



H Wave height 



H Wave height in deep water 



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i, j Unit vectors in the x- and y-directions 



±. Local immersed weight longshore transport rate 



I Total immersed weight longshore transport rate 



IMAX Number of water cells within the surf zone 



k Wave number 



K Empirical coefficient 



k Empirical coefficient 



m Bottom slope 



M, N Maximum values of cell indices for RCPWAVE 



n Ratio of group velocity to wave celerity = c /c , Manning's 

 roughness ^ 



p Porosity of sediment 



q Local volumetric sediment transport rate due to currents 



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