Generation of Waves by Wind. State of the Art

Abstract

Contents: Practical applications -- deep water Significant wave concept Complex nature of sea surface Wave variability Wave spectrum concepts Froude scaling of the wave spectrum Propagation of waves and swells into shallow water Generation of wind waves in shallow water Generation of wind waves over a bottom of constant depth Decay of waves in deep water Wave statistics Wind speed versus wind speed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 15, 1965
Accession Number
AD0612006

Entities

People

  • Charles L. Bretschneider

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Energy Transfer
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Geography
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Ocean Waves
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Ridges
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Statistical Distributions
  • Storm Surges
  • Topography
  • Wave Power

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Theoretical Analysis.