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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 ...
Wall, retired from the seaward edge of the seawall crest, to prevent water from flowing onto the land behind.
Industry:Engineering
Wall, retired from the seaward edge of the seawall crest, to prevent water from flowing onto the land behind.
Industry:Engineering
The horizontal distance between similar points on two successive waves measured perpendicularly to the crest.
Industry:Engineering
In wave forecasting, a wind blowing in a direction opposite to the ocean-wave advance; generally, a headwind.
Industry:Engineering
Number of grams of salt per thousand grams of sea water, usually expressed in parts per thousand (symbol: ‰).
Industry:Engineering
The maximum orbital velocity at which the sediment on the bed begins to move as waves approach shallow water.
Industry:Engineering
bed forms that occur in trains and are in phase with, and strongly interact with, gravity water-surface waves.
Industry:Engineering
The lower portion of the water flow that experiences frictional retardation based on its proximity to the bed.
Industry:Engineering
The interval between the transit of the moon over the meridian of a place and the time of the following flood.
Industry:Engineering
In beach terminology, an indefinite zone extending seaward from the shoreline to just beyond the breaker zone.
Industry:Engineering
