Appendix A. GLOSSARY OF COASTAL TERMINOLOGY
ABRASION PLATFORM
ALTIMETER, LASER
ARTIFICIAL NOURISHMENT
BACK BARRIER
Figure A-1. Definition of terms and features describing the coastal zone
BARRIER REEF
BEACH EROSION
Table A-1. Beaufort Wind Scale
BENEFICIAL USE OF DREDGED MATERIAL
BERM BREAKWATER
BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER
BULK DENSITY
CALCAREOUS
CHARACTERISTIC WAVE HEIGHT
CO-TIDAL LINES
COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT
CONTINENTAL SLOPE
CREST LENGTH, WAVE
CURRENT, LONGSHORE
CUTTERHEAD DREDGE
DAVIDSON CURRENT
DEEP WATER WAVES
DESIGN WAVE CONDITION
DIURNAL CURRENT
DREDGED MATERIAL PLACEMENT SITE
DURATION OF FLOOD
ECHO SOUNDER
EMBANKMENT
ESCARPMENT
FATHOMETER
FLOOD CURRENT
FOLLOWING WIND
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS)
GRADUAL CLOSURE METHOD
GUT
HARBOR OSCILLATION (HARBOR SURGING)
HIGH WATER OF ORDINARY SPRING TIDES (HWOST)
HURRICANE WIND PATTERN or ISOVEL PATTERN
PROBABLE MAXIMUM HURRICANE
IMPERMEABLE GROIN
IRROTATIONAL WAVE
JOINT PROBABILITY DENSITY
KINEMATIC VISCOSITY
LAMINAR FLOW
LITTORAL DRIFT, LITTORAL TRANSPORT
LOW WATER DATUM
MARGIN, CONTINENTAL
MEAN HIGHER HIGH WATER (MHHW)
MEAN WATER LEVEL
MONOCHROMATIC WAVES
MUD FLAT
NATIONAL TIDAL DATUM EPOCH (NTDE)
NEARSHORE CURRENT SYSTEM
OCEANOGRAPHY
OSCILLATORY WAVE
PARTICLE VELOCITY
PERMEABLE GROIN
PIEZOMETRIC SURFACE
PORE PRESSURE
PROGRESSIVE WAVE
QUARRYSTONE
RADIUS OF MAXIMUM WINDS
REEF BREAKWATER
REFRACTION DIAGRAM
RIDGE AND RUNNEL
ROCK WEATHERING
SALINITY GRADIENT
SCOUR PROTECTION
SEDIMENT CELL
SEISMIC REFRACTION
SHEAR INSTABILITIES
SHORE NORMAL
SLACK TIDE (SLACK WATER)
SORTING COEFFICIENT
SPRING TIDAL CURRENTS
STORM SURGE
SUBDUCTION ZONE
SURVEY, CONTROL
SWASH CHANNEL
TERRIGENOUS SEDIMENTS
TIDAL PERIOD
TIDE, DIURNAL
TOPOGRAPHIC MAP
TROUGH OF WAVE
UNDERCUTTING
UPWELLING
VELOCITY OF WAVES
WATER LEVEL
WAVE HEIGHT COEFFICIENT
WAVE, SINUSOIDAL
WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION
WIND SEA
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ABRASION PLATFORM
ALTIMETER, LASER
ARTIFICIAL NOURISHMENT
BACK BARRIER
Figure A-1. Definition of terms and features describing the coastal zone
BARRIER REEF
BEACH EROSION
Table A-1. Beaufort Wind Scale
BENEFICIAL USE OF DREDGED MATERIAL
BERM BREAKWATER
BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER
BULK DENSITY
CALCAREOUS
CHARACTERISTIC WAVE HEIGHT
CO-TIDAL LINES
COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT
CONTINENTAL SLOPE
CREST LENGTH, WAVE
CURRENT, LONGSHORE
CUTTERHEAD DREDGE
DAVIDSON CURRENT
DEEP WATER WAVES
DESIGN WAVE CONDITION
DIURNAL CURRENT
DREDGED MATERIAL PLACEMENT SITE
DURATION OF FLOOD
ECHO SOUNDER
EMBANKMENT
ESCARPMENT
FATHOMETER
FLOOD CURRENT
FOLLOWING WIND
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS)
GRADUAL CLOSURE METHOD
GUT
HARBOR OSCILLATION (HARBOR SURGING)
HIGH WATER OF ORDINARY SPRING TIDES (HWOST)
HURRICANE WIND PATTERN or ISOVEL PATTERN
PROBABLE MAXIMUM HURRICANE
IMPERMEABLE GROIN
IRROTATIONAL WAVE
JOINT PROBABILITY DENSITY
KINEMATIC VISCOSITY
LAMINAR FLOW
LITTORAL DRIFT, LITTORAL TRANSPORT
LOW WATER DATUM
MARGIN, CONTINENTAL
MEAN HIGHER HIGH WATER (MHHW)
MEAN WATER LEVEL
MONOCHROMATIC WAVES
MUD FLAT
NATIONAL TIDAL DATUM EPOCH (NTDE)
NEARSHORE CURRENT SYSTEM
OCEANOGRAPHY
OSCILLATORY WAVE
PARTICLE VELOCITY
PERMEABLE GROIN
PIEZOMETRIC SURFACE
PORE PRESSURE
PROGRESSIVE WAVE
QUARRYSTONE
RADIUS OF MAXIMUM WINDS
REEF BREAKWATER
REFRACTION DIAGRAM
RIDGE AND RUNNEL
ROCK WEATHERING
SALINITY GRADIENT
SCOUR PROTECTION
SEDIMENT CELL
SEISMIC REFRACTION
SHEAR INSTABILITIES
SHORE NORMAL
SLACK TIDE (SLACK WATER)
SORTING COEFFICIENT
SPRING TIDAL CURRENTS
STORM SURGE
SUBDUCTION ZONE
SURVEY, CONTROL
SWASH CHANNEL
TERRIGENOUS SEDIMENTS
TIDAL PERIOD
TIDE, DIURNAL
TOPOGRAPHIC MAP
TROUGH OF WAVE
UNDERCUTTING
UPWELLING
VELOCITY OF WAVES
WATER LEVEL
WAVE HEIGHT COEFFICIENT
WAVE, SINUSOIDAL
WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION
WIND SEA
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