A wave with the following deep water characteristics is propagating toward the coast: Ho=1 m T=15 s At a particular nearshore site (depth=5 m)a refraction diagram indicates that the spacing between orthogonals is one-half the deep water spacing. (a) Find the wave height and wave length at the nearshore site. (b) Assuming no wave refraction, but the same deep water information as in part (a), and that the wave will break when the ratio H/h reaches 0.8, in what depth does the wave break?

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A wave with the following deep water characteristics is propagating toward the coast: Ho=1 m T=15 s At a particular nearshore site (depth=5 m)a refraction diagram indicates that the spacing between orthogonals is one-half the deep water spacing. (a) Find the wave height and wave length at the nearshore site. (b) Assuming no wave refraction, but the same deep water information as in part (a), and that the wave will break when the ratio H/h reaches 0.8, in what depth does the wave break?

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