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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 ...
Description of the sea surface with regard to wave action. Also called state of sea.
Industry:Engineering
A structure containing a gate to control the flow of water from one area to another.
Industry:Engineering
A groin built in the shape of a letter “T” with the trunk section connected to land.
Industry:Engineering
In wave forecasting, the end of the generating area toward which the wind is blowing.
Industry:Engineering
The outer layer used in a rubble system as protection against external hydraulic loads
Industry:Engineering
Short term morphological changes that do not affect the morphology over a long period.
Industry:Engineering
Extreme analysis based on hindcasting typically ten events over a period of 100 years.
Industry:Engineering
The minimum height reached by each falling tide. Nontechnically, also called low tide.
Industry:Engineering
The return period of a single variable in the context of a joint probability analysis.
Industry:Engineering
Water vapor suspended in the air in very small drops finer than rain, larger than fog.
Industry:Engineering
