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Rights & Permissions Free Resources Display this book on your site! Related Titles Opportunities to Improve Marine Forecasting Hurricane Hugo, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Charleston, South Carolina, September 17-22, 1989 Other Related Titles Extreme Waves (2006) Joseph Henry Press (JHP) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager Smith, Craig B.. "Appendix B Units of Measure and Conversion Factors." Extreme Waves. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2006. Please select a format: Page 251   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Appendix B Units of Measure and Conversion Factors Multiply: By: To get: Bars 105 Pascals (newton per square meter) Bars 14.5 Pounds per square inch Barrels (U.S.) 42 Gallons Barrels (U.S.) 0.119 Cubic meters Cubic feet 0.0283 Cubic meters Feet 0.305 Meters Feet 12 Inches Grams per cubic centimeter 1.0 Metric tons per cubic meter Inches 2.54 Centimeters Kilograms per square meter 0.205 Pounds per square foot Kilometers 0.621 Statute miles Kilometers 0.540 Nautical miles Knots 0.514 Meters per second Knots 1.151 Miles per hour Meters 3.281 Feet Page 251 FrontMatter (R1-R20) Introduction (1-10) 1 The Calm Sea (11-24) 2 The Four Winds and Waves (25-46) 3 Over the Bounding Main (47-70) 4 Tempests and Storm-Tossed Seas (71-109) 5 Swell (110-126) 6 Terror Waves: Tsunami (127-147) 7 The Southeast Asia Tsunami of December 26, 2004 (148-163) 8 A Confused Sea (164-183) 9 Freaks, Rogues, and Giants (184-215) 10 When the Big Wave Comes: Are Ships Safe Enough? (216-225) 11 Davy Jones s Locker (226-246) Appendix A Recent Research on Extreme Wave Models (247-250) Appendix B Units of Measure and Conversion Factors (251-252) Appendix C Glossary of Special Terms (253-255) Endnotes (256-268) Annotated Bibliography (269-274) Permissions and Credits (275-276) Acknowledgments (277-280) Index (281-292) Plates (293-300)

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Extreme Waves Appendix B Units of Measure and Conversion Factors Multiply: By: To get: Bars 105 Pascals (newton per square meter) Bars 14.5 Pounds per square inch Barrels (U.S.) 42 Gallons Barrels (U.S.) 0.119 Cubic meters Cubic feet 0.0283 Cubic meters Feet 0.305 Meters Feet 12 Inches Grams per cubic centimeter 1.0 Metric tons per cubic meter Inches 2.54 Centimeters Kilograms per square meter 0.205 Pounds per square foot Kilometers 0.621 Statute miles Kilometers 0.540 Nautical miles Knots 0.514 Meters per second Knots 1.151 Miles per hour Meters 3.281 Feet

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Extreme Waves Multiply: By: To get: Meters 39.37 Inches Metric tons 2,005 Pounds Miles 1.609 Kilometers Miles 5,280 Feet Miles per hour 0.869 Knots Millibars 0.0295 Inches of mercury at 32 degrees Fahrenheit Nautical miles 1.852 Kilometers Nautical miles 1.151 Statute miles Pounds (force) 4.448 Newtons Pounds 0.454 Kilograms Pounds per square foot 47.9 Pascals (newtons per square meter) Pounds per square inch 6,890 Pascals Pounds per cubic foot 0.01602 Metric tons per cubic meter Register tons 100 Cubic feet Register tons 2.832 Cubic meters Short tons (2,000 pounds) 0.907 Metric tons

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