Observation and Modeling of Spatial Wave Coherence

Abstract

The work reported here was undertaken as part of the Mobile Offshore Base (MOB) study. We used field observations taken from a fixed tower using arrays of surface elevation gages to estimate the along-crest coherence of wind generated water waves. The coherence scale was found to depend linearly on wavenumber.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA405115

Entities

People

  • E. A. Terray
  • M. A. Donelan

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acoustic Detection
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Elevation
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Information Operations
  • Mathematics
  • Military Research
  • Observation
  • Ocean Waves
  • Offshore
  • Statistics
  • Water Waves
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waves

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.