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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 line near the limit of storm wave uprush marking the landward limit of debris deposits.
Industry:Engineering
Area of relative calm through which waves travel after emerging from the generating area.
Industry:Engineering
The slip or waterway between two piers, or cut into the land, for the reception of ships.
Industry:Engineering
Unit of linear measure equal to one minute of latitude at the equator.
Industry:Engineering
Enclosed, or nearly enclosed, by land--thus protected from the sea, as a bay or a harbor.
Industry:Engineering
(1) Waves being formed and built up by the wind. (2) Loosely, any wave generated by wind.
Industry:Engineering
A series of waves generated in a laboratory, each of which has the same length and period.
Industry:Engineering
The ocean circulation pattern composed of the nearshore currents and the coastal currents.
Industry:Engineering
In wave prediction, the retrospective forecasting of waves using measured wind information.
Industry:Engineering
Rubble mound with gentle slope around still-water level and steeper slopes above and below.
Industry:Engineering
