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The United States Army Corps of Engineers is a federal agency with a mission to provide vital public engineering services in peace and war to strengthen the nation's security, energize the economy, and reduce risks from disasters. It is also a major U.S. Army organization employing some 38,000 ...
A long-period water wave caused by an underwater disturbance such as a volcanic eruption or earthquake. Also seismic sea wave. Commonly miscalled "tidal wave."
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The geologic process by means of which various parts of the surface of the earth are worn away and their general level lowered, by the action of wind and water.
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At a given time, the vertical distance between the water level and the top of the structure. On a ship, the distance from the waterline to main deck or gunwale.
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A relatively large portion of the ocean or sea extending far into land; the largest of various forms of inlets of the sea (e.g., Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Aqaba).
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The area in which seas are generated by a wind having a fairly constant direction and speed. Sometimes used synonymously with fetch length. Also generating area.
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(1) Period when tide level is rising; often taken to mean the flood current which occurs during this period (2) A flow beyond the carrying capacity of a channel.
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General term applied to impermeable coastal defense structures of concrete, timber, steel, masonry, etc, which reflect a high proportion of incident wave energy.
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Wave spectrum typical of growing deep water waves developed from field experiments and measurements of waves and wave spectra in the Joint North Sea Wave Peoject
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The mean of all individual waves in an observation interval of approximately half an hour. In case of a Rayleigh-distribution 63% of the significant wave height.
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The movement of water due to wave motion, which carries water through the breaker zone in the direction of wave propagation. Part of the nearshore current system.
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