Wind generated ocean waves /
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| Author / Creator: | Young, I. R. |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1999. |
| Description: | xvii, 288 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Elsevier ocean engineering book series ; v. 2 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3859069 |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter headings and selected papers: Introduction
- Wave Theory
- Introduction
- Small amplitude or linear theory
- Wave transformation
- Limitations of linear wave theory
- Stochastic Properties of Ocean Waves
- Introduction
- Probability distribution of wave heights
- Global distribution of wave properties
- Limitations of global statistics
- Physical Mechanisms of Wave Evolution
- Introduction
- Radiative transfer equation
- Atmospheric input, S in
- Nonlinear quadruplet interactions, S nl
- White-cap dissipation, S ds
- The spectral balance
- Fetch and Duration Limited Growth
- Introduction
- Similarity theory and dimensionless scaling
- Growth curves for energy and peak frequency
- One-dimensional spectrum
- Directional spreading
- Non-Stationary Wind Fields
- Introduction
- The interaction of swell and wind sea
- Rapid change in wind speed
- Rapid change in wind direction
- Hurricane wind and wave fields
- Finite Depth Effects
- Introduction
- Physical processes
- Finite depth growth curves
- Finite depth one-dimensional spectra
- Finite depth directional spreading
- Numerical Modelling of Waves
- Introduction
- Phase resolving models
- Phase averaging models
- Source term representation
- Computational aspects
- The WAM model
- Data assimilation
- Ocean Wave Measurement
- Introduction
- In situ
- methods
- Data analysis
- Remote sensing techniques
