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Appendix A Symbols and Notations
- energy [N·m] or [J]
- kinetic energy [N·m] or [J]
- potential energy [N·m] or P]
- Euler number
- error function
- frequency [Hz]
- inertial frequency [Hz]
- friction factor
- Coriolis parameter [rad·s- 1 ]
- bottom friction [m 2 .s- 2 ]
- Nyquist frequency [Hz]
- sound frequency in still water [Hz]
- probability density function for wave surface displacement [m- 1 ]
- force [N]
- tide form number
- energy flux [N.m 2 .s- 1 ]
- drag force [N]
- gravitational force acting on the body on Earth [N]
- gravitational force [N]
- inertia force [N]
- gravitational force acting on the body on Moon [N]
- densimetric Froude number
- Froude number
- cumulative probability distribution
- exceedence probability distribution
- gravitational acceleration [m·s- 2 ]
- reduced gravity [m·s- 2 ]
- universal gravitational constant [N·m 2 ·kg- 2 ]
- water depth [m]
- Ekman layer thickness [m]
- piezometric (or total) head [m]
- wave height [m]
- mean wave height [m]
- wave height at breaking [m]
- incident wave height [m]
- maximum wave height [m]
- root-mean-square wave height [m]
- significant wave height [m]
imaginary unit
longitudinal surface gradient
k
- wave number [m -1]
ks
- Nikuradse roughness size [m]